extractive
adjective
ex·trac·tive
| \ ik-ˈstrak-tiv
, ˈek-ˌstrak-\
, ˈek-ˌstrak-\
Definition of extractive
(Entry 1 of 2)
1a
: 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
extractive
nounDefinition of extractive (Entry 2 of 2)
: something extracted or extractable : extract
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Examples of extractive in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective
But, our research shows how a large scale renewable energy projects can be plagued by many of the same troubling effects on local communities as oil and extractive industries. — Zoe Cormack, Quartz Africa, "Kenya’s huge wind power project might be great for the environment but not for local communities," 3 Sep. 2019 Lawmakers and the media were waking up to the extractive nature of Big Tech's free services. — Nitasha Tiku, WIRED, "Three Years of Misery Inside Google, the Happiest Company in Tech," 13 Aug. 2019 Capitalism, by design, is extractive, and in order to generate profit in a capitalist system, something has to be exploited. — Doug Friednash, The Denver Post, "Friednash: Denver’s AOC — Candi CdeBaca — has already shaken the city but could this disruptor rattle Congress too?," 4 Aug. 2019 The better jobs for middle- and low-skill men—in manufacturing, trucking, construction, and in extractive industries like oil and mining—were often not in cities. — Allison Schrager, Quartz, "The shortage of single, urban men is finally coming to an end," 23 July 2019 The new movement must be based on the reality that the legacy of colonialism, combined with current forms of capitalism based on never-ending extractive growth, is literally killing us. — Farhana Yamin, Time, "This Is the Only Way to Tackle the Climate Emergency," 14 June 2019 This combination makes Wisconsin sand ideal for use in another extractive industry: hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, in the quest for natural gas and oil. — Geoffrey Giller, Discover Magazine, "The Midwestern Sand Mines Feeding the Fracking Industry," 26 Apr. 2019 Regenerative farming is possible on many different scales, and the bringing back biodiversity while farming land in a non-extractive method is also possible. — Belinda Luscombe, Time, "The Problem with $3 Cartons of Eggs, According to a Farmer," 10 June 2019 There’s an extractive process for material resources, one for data, and one for human labor. — James Vincent, The Verge, "This beautiful map shows everything that powers an Amazon Echo, from data mines to lakes of lithium," 9 Sep. 2018Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
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, "The Most Irish Town in America Was Built on Seaweed," 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, "How Conservatives Bet Big on Wisconsin and Won," 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, "Africa’s big carbon emitters admit they have a problem," 21 Apr. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'extractive.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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extractive
adjective
ex·trac·tive
| \ ik-ˈstrak-tiv, ˈek-ˌ
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Medical Definition of extractive
(Entry 1 of 2)
: of, relating to, or involving extraction
extractive processes
extractive
nounMedical Definition of extractive (Entry 2 of 2)
: something extracted or extractable : extract