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unscrupulous
[ uhn-skroo-pyuh-luhs ]
unscrupulous
/ ʌnˈskruːpjʊləs; ʌnˌskruːpjʊˈlɒsɪtɪ /
adjective
- without scruples; unprincipled
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Derived Forms
- unˈscrupulously, adverb
- unˈscrupulousness, noun
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Other Words From
- un·scrupu·lous·ly adverb
- un·scrupu·lous·ness un·scru·pu·los·i·ty [uhn-skroo-py, uh, -, los, -i-tee], noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of unscrupulous1
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Example Sentences
Or a modernized Tarzan might lead African miners on strike against unscrupulous multinationals.
It was all part of the unscrupulous technique of “monstering” critics of the Murdoch empire wherever they were.
Barely Legal Pawn stars the duo as unscrupulous, possibly deranged pawnshop employees.
Religions and ideologies are unscrupulous in their use of the past.
Safe within his mountaintop fortress, Escobar grew bolder and more unscrupulous.
He thought so, at least, as he laughed and agreed with her, saying Tony was an unscrupulous rascal at the best of times.
In London some years before, she had been the pupil of a learned minister, who had become an infidel, and also unscrupulous.
He usually wore his pale-grey felt hat at a slight angle, and had the air of the easy-going adventurer, debonair and unscrupulous.
He may be a friend of yours—he may be a dear friend—but in your heart you know that he is both unscrupulous and selfish.
Gibbon fancies he was at one time an unscrupulous bacon dealer, and that he finally did considerable business in religious gammon.
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