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exploited field

[ɪkˈsplɔɪtɪd fild]
nounpl: exploited fields
campo explorado
1. An area of land that is actively used for agricultural, mining, or other economic purposes
The exploited field showed signs of soil depletion after years of intensive farming.
O campo explorado mostrava sinais de depleção do solo após anos de agricultura intensiva.
2. A resource or area being used extensively, often to the point of exhaustion or degradation
The exploited field in the region has lost much of its fertility.
O campo explorado da região perdeu grande parte de sua fertilidade.
3. In figurative sense, any resource or area being heavily utilized
The exploited field of social media marketing has become oversaturated.
O campo explorado do marketing em mídias sociais tornou-se supersaturado.
Synonyms
cultivated fieldworked landutilized areafarmed fieldcampo cultivadoterra trabalhada
Antonyms
fallow fielduntouched landvirgin territorycampo em pousioterra virgem

Regional Variations

General Brazilian
campo explorado
Standard usage for agricultural or resource extraction contexts
São Paulo
campo explorado; terra em exploração
Common in agricultural and industrial contexts
Portugal
campo explorado; terreno em exploração
Standard European Portuguese usage
Rio de Janeiro
campo explorado
General usage, similar to broader Brazilian Portuguese

Related Idioms & Phrases

to work a field to exhaustion
squeezed dry
mined out
explorar um campo até o limite
sugar out of the stone (extracted to maximum capacity)
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