extractive
1 of 2adjective
ex·trac·tive ik-ˈstrak-tiv 
ˈek-ˌstrak-
1
a
: of, relating to, or involving extraction
b
: tending toward or resulting in withdrawal of natural resources by extraction with no provision for replenishment
extractive agriculture
2
: capable of being extracted
extractively adverb
extractive
2 of 2noun
: something extracted or extractable : extract
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web
Evan Bush, NBC News, 14 Sep. 2022 Even Big Business knows the narrow extractive model of shareholder capitalism does not serve us. Charles Conn, Fortune, 14 Sep. 2022 Many tourists’ relationship to Hawaii is an extractive one, Gonzalez and Aikau write, and that relationship must shift to one of support if the Hawaii tourists know and the Hawaii its residents live in are to continue to exist. Scottie Andrew, CNN, 18 Aug. 2022 Appalachian states like Kentucky have a long, turbulent history with coal and mountaintop removal—an extractive mining process that uses explosives to clear forests and scrape soil in order to access underlying coal seams. John Mccracken, Wired, 13 Aug. 2022 The colonization of Africa was an extractive project driven by a lust for resources. Tunku Varadarajan, WSJ, 12 Aug. 2022 Colonial forest practices had an extractive dimension too. Julia Rosen, The Atlantic, 25 July 2022 Companies like Biomason are growing new form of non-extractive concrete; Aquabounty is developing indoor salmon that grow twice as fast; mosspiration is turning moss — yes, moss — into microfactories for useful chemicals. Eben Bayer, Forbes, 25 July 2022 Thanks to Thurston, the show does an exemplary job of elevating the stories of others on their own terms, not simply as an extractive exercise or an attempt at virtue-signaling. Carolyn Finney, Outside Online, 5 July 2022 Nick Martin, The New Republic, 10 Jan. 2020 At the central government level, Chinese leaders for years have trumpeted their commitment to shift to green growth after relying for decades on low-value manufacturing and resource-extractive industries that caused thick smog and polluted soil. Gerry Shih, Washington Post, 20 Nov. 2019 In reality, multibillion-dollar extractive industries—and the carbon-spewing corporations of the Global North—bear far more blame than most individuals. Sam Adler-bell, The New Republic, 24 Sep. 2019 Among the findings presented in the 1,200-page document, the Canadian government pinpointed extractive industries and man camps as hotbeds of violence. Nick Martin, The New Republic, 15 Oct. 2019 By 1949, there were five American companies that produced the purified Irish moss extractive, including the Krim-Ko Corporation in New Bedford, Massachusetts, and Kraft Foods Company in Chicago. Emily Toomey, Smithsonian, 23 July 2019 That changed too, as jobs were lost to free trade and extractive industries like mining promised to replace them. Jennifer Szalai, New York Times, 11 July 2018 This, plus the breakneck growth of extractive industries, explains why African forests are disappearing at a rate of 0.5% a year, faster than in South America. The Economist, 21 Apr. 2018 See More
Adjective
Hayes said businesses in manufacturing or extractive industries in a capitalist economy that requires growth ultimately run into conflicts with environmental and climate values. Evan Bush, NBC News, 14 Sep. 2022 Even Big Business knows the narrow extractive model of shareholder capitalism does not serve us. Charles Conn, Fortune, 14 Sep. 2022 Many tourists’ relationship to Hawaii is an extractive one, Gonzalez and Aikau write, and that relationship must shift to one of support if the Hawaii tourists know and the Hawaii its residents live in are to continue to exist. Scottie Andrew, CNN, 18 Aug. 2022 Appalachian states like Kentucky have a long, turbulent history with coal and mountaintop removal—an extractive mining process that uses explosives to clear forests and scrape soil in order to access underlying coal seams. John Mccracken, Wired, 13 Aug. 2022 The colonization of Africa was an extractive project driven by a lust for resources. Tunku Varadarajan, WSJ, 12 Aug. 2022 Colonial forest practices had an extractive dimension too. Julia Rosen, The Atlantic, 25 July 2022 Companies like Biomason are growing new form of non-extractive concrete; Aquabounty is developing indoor salmon that grow twice as fast; mosspiration is turning moss — yes, moss — into microfactories for useful chemicals. Eben Bayer, Forbes, 25 July 2022 Thanks to Thurston, the show does an exemplary job of elevating the stories of others on their own terms, not simply as an extractive exercise or an attempt at virtue-signaling. Carolyn Finney, Outside Online, 5 July 2022 Noun
Given that scientists from every corner of the globe agree that the world has an ever-shortening window to curb emissions, allowing the extractive industries an easier path to commodify the Earth is extremely alarming. Nick Martin, The New Republic, 10 Jan. 2020 At the central government level, Chinese leaders for years have trumpeted their commitment to shift to green growth after relying for decades on low-value manufacturing and resource-extractive industries that caused thick smog and polluted soil. Gerry Shih, Washington Post, 20 Nov. 2019 In reality, multibillion-dollar extractive industries—and the carbon-spewing corporations of the Global North—bear far more blame than most individuals. Sam Adler-bell, The New Republic, 24 Sep. 2019 Among the findings presented in the 1,200-page document, the Canadian government pinpointed extractive industries and man camps as hotbeds of violence. Nick Martin, The New Republic, 15 Oct. 2019 By 1949, there were five American companies that produced the purified Irish moss extractive, including the Krim-Ko Corporation in New Bedford, Massachusetts, and Kraft Foods Company in Chicago. Emily Toomey, Smithsonian, 23 July 2019 That changed too, as jobs were lost to free trade and extractive industries like mining promised to replace them. Jennifer Szalai, New York Times, 11 July 2018 This, plus the breakneck growth of extractive industries, explains why African forests are disappearing at a rate of 0.5% a year, faster than in South America. The Economist, 21 Apr. 2018 See More Word History
First Known Use
Adjective
1599, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
Noun
1810, in the meaning defined above
Medical Definition
extractive 1 of 2
adjective
ex·trac·tive ik-ˈstrak-tiv, ˈek-ˌ
: of, relating to, or involving extraction
extractive processes
extractive
2 of 2noun
: something extracted or extractable : extract