Unscrupulous
adjective
Having or showing no moral principles, not honest or fair.
The unscrupulous landlord raised the rent again without making any improvements to the building.
Often appears as...
- unscrupulous business practices
- unscrupulous individuals
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Disapproving
adjective
Having or showing no moral principles, not honest or fair.
The unscrupulous landlord raised the rent again without making any improvements to the building.
Often appears as...
- unscrupulous business practices
- unscrupulous individuals
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Disapproving
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Unscrupulous carries a strong negative judgment, implying a lack of ethics in behavior or decisions.
The unscrupulous CEO faced public outrage for exploiting workers.
Pro Tip 2/3Severity of Behavior
Used to describe extreme lack of moral principles, more than just casual dishonesty.
Unscrupulous politicians may rig elections to stay in power.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Just Lies
Unscrupulous goes beyond lying; it encompasses any dishonest or unethical action.
After selling the untested medicine, the unscrupulous pharmacist disappeared.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Unscrupulous carries a strong negative judgment, implying a lack of ethics in behavior or decisions.
The unscrupulous CEO faced public outrage for exploiting workers.
Pro Tip 2/3Severity of Behavior
Used to describe extreme lack of moral principles, more than just casual dishonesty.
Unscrupulous politicians may rig elections to stay in power.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Just Lies
Unscrupulous goes beyond lying; it encompasses any dishonest or unethical action.
After selling the untested medicine, the unscrupulous pharmacist disappeared.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Unscrupulous carries a strong negative judgment, implying a lack of ethics in behavior or decisions.
The unscrupulous CEO faced public outrage for exploiting workers.
Pro Tip 2/3Severity of Behavior
Used to describe extreme lack of moral principles, more than just casual dishonesty.
Unscrupulous politicians may rig elections to stay in power.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Just Lies
Unscrupulous goes beyond lying; it encompasses any dishonest or unethical action.
After selling the untested medicine, the unscrupulous pharmacist disappeared.
Compare with
amoraldeceitfuldishonestdisreputableethicalfraudulentimmoralunconscionableunprincipled
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the unscrupulous schemer for whom the ends always justify the means has become a familiar character type we love to hate. So familiar, in fact, that for centuries we’ve had a single word to describe such Machiavellian.
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How the mysterious dark...
which is easily exchanged for real-world currencies and gives quite a high degree of anonymity to its users. But at the beginning of these sites, people noticed a flaw. Some of the unscrupulous dealers were running away with peoples' bitcoin before they'd mailed the drugs out.
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What “Machiavellian”...
the unscrupulous schemer for whom the ends always justify the means has become a familiar character type we love to hate. So familiar, in fact, that for centuries we’ve had a single word to describe such Machiavellian.
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Jon Katz
American Journalist
When people buy, rescue, or otherwise acquire a dog from unscrupulous breeders or amateur rescue groups, they are making a decision with ethical consequences. They have a profound responsibility to consider their actions; to gauge the dog's behavior, to train it thoroughly and rigorously, to protect other humans and dogs from harm.
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Prince Charles
English Royalty
Conflict, of course, comes about because of the misuse of power and the clash of ideals, not to mention the inflammatory activities of unscrupulous and bigoted leaders. But it also arises, tragically, from an inability to understand and from the powerful emotions which, out of misunderstanding, lead to distrust and fear.
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Barack Obama
American President
In the absence of sound oversight, responsible businesses are forced to compete against unscrupulous and underhanded businesses, who are unencumbered by any restrictions on activities that might harm the environment, or take advantage of middle-class families, or threaten to bring down the entire financial system.
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Kevin Mitnick
American Businessman
Protecting yourself is very challenging in the hostile environment of the Internet. Imagine a global environment where an unscrupulous person from the other side of the planet can probe your computer for weaknesses and exploit them to gain access to your most sensitive secrets.
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Benjamin Disraeli
British Statesman
The governments of the present day have to deal not merely with other governments, with emperors, kings and ministers, but also with the secret societies which have everywhere their unscrupulous agents, and can at the last moment upset all the governments' plans.
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Mike Fitzpatrick
American Politician
The freedom to connect to the world anywhere at anytime brings with it the threat of unscrupulous predators and criminals who mask their activities with the anonymity the Internet provides to its users.
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Thom Gunn
British Poet
I try not to observe myself in the process of composing a poem because I don't want to come up with a formula, which I would then be unscrupulous in using.
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Rutherford B. Hayes
American President
The unrestricted competition so commonly advocated does not leave us the survival of the fittest. The unscrupulous succeed best in accumulating wealth.
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Nydia Velazquez
American Politician
Too often, the landlord-tenant relationship is unbalanced with all the power on the side of unscrupulous landlords.
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Lester Maddox
American Politician
Honest businessmen should be protected from the unscrupulous consumer.
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Jon Katz
American Journalist
When people buy, rescue, or otherwise acquire a dog from unscrupulous breeders or amateur rescue groups, they are making a decision with ethical consequences. They have a profound responsibility to consider their actions; to gauge the dog's behavior, to train it thoroughly and rigorously, to protect other humans and dogs from harm.
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Prince Charles
English Royalty
Conflict, of course, comes about because of the misuse of power and the clash of ideals, not to mention the inflammatory activities of unscrupulous and bigoted leaders. But it also arises, tragically, from an inability to understand and from the powerful emotions which, out of misunderstanding, lead to distrust and fear.
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Barack Obama
American President
In the absence of sound oversight, responsible businesses are forced to compete against unscrupulous and underhanded businesses, who are unencumbered by any restrictions on activities that might harm the environment, or take advantage of middle-class families, or threaten to bring down the entire financial system.
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Kevin Mitnick
American Businessman
Protecting yourself is very challenging in the hostile environment of the Internet. Imagine a global environment where an unscrupulous person from the other side of the planet can probe your computer for weaknesses and exploit them to gain access to your most sensitive secrets.
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Benjamin Disraeli
British Statesman
The governments of the present day have to deal not merely with other governments, with emperors, kings and ministers, but also with the secret societies which have everywhere their unscrupulous agents, and can at the last moment upset all the governments' plans.
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Mike Fitzpatrick
American Politician
The freedom to connect to the world anywhere at anytime brings with it the threat of unscrupulous predators and criminals who mask their activities with the anonymity the Internet provides to its users.
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Thom Gunn
British Poet
I try not to observe myself in the process of composing a poem because I don't want to come up with a formula, which I would then be unscrupulous in using.
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Rutherford B. Hayes
American President
The unrestricted competition so commonly advocated does not leave us the survival of the fittest. The unscrupulous succeed best in accumulating wealth.
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Nydia Velazquez
American Politician
Too often, the landlord-tenant relationship is unbalanced with all the power on the side of unscrupulous landlords.
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Lester Maddox
American Politician
Honest businessmen should be protected from the unscrupulous consumer.
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