EXPLOITABLE Synonyms: 69 Similar and Opposite Words

exploitable

adjective

Definition of exploitable

as in useful

capable of or suitable for being used for a particular purpose claimed that solar power is an exploitable form of energy that is being underutilized

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as in susceptible

readily taken advantage of the group opposes commercials on TV shows for kids, believing that young viewers are too exploitable by advertisers

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Recent Examples of exploitable The more important question is whether a vulnerability is reachable and actively exploitable within the application itself. — Varun Badhwar, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026 Between 10 and 12 African countries have commercially exploitable reserves of lithium, and 15 to 20 have commercially exploitable deposits of rare earths. — ABC News, 22 July 2026 Executives looking over pentest findings need to check for openings that are exploitable, reachable, tied to critical assets, connected to actual attack paths, and that are likeliest to create business impact. — Daniel Fusch, IndyStar, 18 June 2026 This helps teams focus on exploitable risks rather than overwhelming vulnerability lists, reducing noise and improving remediation speed. — Gretchen M. Stone, AZCentral.com, 3 June 2026 For a Carolina team that’s hellbent on possession, that looks like an exploitable matchup if that pair can’t get their act together. — Dom Luszczyszyn, New York Times, 31 May 2026 Marie Sweets, an OnlyFans creator, told me that pornbots are a natural extension of a culture that views women’s work in these spaces as easy and exploitable. — T. M. Brown, New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2026 According to Jessica Lyons, the cybersecurity editor at The Register, who wrote both pieces, Anthropic isn’t the only AI company to have been confronted with severe vulnerabilities or exploitable issues in its products, only to essentially reject responsibility for them. — Alan Henry, PC Magazine, 24 Apr. 2026 The leak could also give hackers a major leg up in their efforts to identify exploitable software vulnerabilities — or find new ways to arm their own instances of Claude Code for nefarious purposes. — Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 1 Apr. 2026

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Adjective

That control system aims to extract more useful energy from each combustion cycle.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2026
An analyst who can check something in a minute will check it, and then check the thing the first answer suggested, and the useful finding tends to turn up two or three steps in.

— David Zwick, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of useful

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Newcastle were not content, though, and with Woltemade made available, an attacker was sought.

— George Caulkin, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2026
Bonnell also uses a belt drive as standard equipment for quieter, lower-maintenance operation, with an optional 520 chain conversion available for riders who prefer a more traditional setup.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 2 Sep. 2026

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Only the most naïve of lawmakers believe there won’t be consequences to taxpayers that will lead to their constituents paying more taxes.

— Torrey Snow, Baltimore Sun, 19 Aug. 2026
Unauthorized sequels reveal the extremes of why people make movies in the first place, from purely cynical money grabs to pure — even naive — devotion to characters and their world.

— Katie Rife, IndieWire, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of naive

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