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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Lawmakers in many states have changed the rules in recent decades to protect winners from being targeted by criminals and unscrupulous people asking for money.
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Safiyah Riddle, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2025
Some were plagued by bad investments and unscrupulous advisors.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2025
Greg Daniels, who co-created all three shows, has said that the newsroom setting was attractive because newspapers play a vital democratic role but are in increasingly dire straits—zombified by unscrupulous owners who come in and cut the journalism to the bone.
—Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2025
There are also parallels with the seemingly unscrupulous corporate CEOs.
—Ed Meza, Variety, 2 Sep. 2025
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Safiyah Riddle, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2025
Some were plagued by bad investments and unscrupulous advisors.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2025
Greg Daniels, who co-created all three shows, has said that the newsroom setting was attractive because newspapers play a vital democratic role but are in increasingly dire straits—zombified by unscrupulous owners who come in and cut the journalism to the bone.
—Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2025
There are also parallels with the seemingly unscrupulous corporate CEOs.
—Ed Meza, Variety, 2 Sep. 2025
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“Unscrupulous.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unscrupulous. Accessed 10 Sep. 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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