unscrupulous
adjective
un·scru·pu·lous
ˌən-ˈskrü-pyə-ləs 
: not scrupulous : unprincipled
unscrupulously
adverb
unscrupulousness
noun
Examples of unscrupulous in a Sentence
an unscrupulous businessman manipulated them into selling their land for practically nothing
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Taxpayers should be cautious of overly alarmist narratives or unscrupulous tax professionals who may be seeking to profit from the overwhelming sense of panic.
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Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2025
Hawke plays Samuel Murphy who, after the death of his wife, is imprisoned in a labor camp run by Clancy, an unscrupulous overseer (Crowe).
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 6 Aug. 2025
Argon, a mostly romance-free series, isn’t interested in that, letting Chun and Kim anchor a rare Korean glimpse of journalists as anything other than unscrupulous, which both tragically caps Kim’s career and speaks of Chun’s to come.
—Geoffrey Bunting, Time, 1 Aug. 2025
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—Alice Burton, Vulture, 21 July 2025
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Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2025
Hawke plays Samuel Murphy who, after the death of his wife, is imprisoned in a labor camp run by Clancy, an unscrupulous overseer (Crowe).
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 6 Aug. 2025
Argon, a mostly romance-free series, isn’t interested in that, letting Chun and Kim anchor a rare Korean glimpse of journalists as anything other than unscrupulous, which both tragically caps Kim’s career and speaks of Chun’s to come.
—Geoffrey Bunting, Time, 1 Aug. 2025
But on one hand, George has made his fortune by taking big swings, being unscrupulous, etc.
—Alice Burton, Vulture, 21 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for unscrupulous
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“Unscrupulous.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unscrupulous. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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unscrupulous
adjective
un·scru·pu·lous
ˌən-ˈskrü-pyə-ləs
ˈən-
: not scrupulous : unprincipled
unscrupulously
adverb
unscrupulousness
noun
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