unscrupulous

adjective

un·scru·pu·lous | \ ˌən-ˈskrü-pyə-ləs

Definition of unscrupulous

: not scrupulous : unprincipled

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an unscrupulous businessman manipulated them into selling their land for practically nothing

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David Oyelowo stars in this comedy about an ordinary guy caught up in a deadly mix of drug cartels and unscrupulous businessmen and women. — Willie Brown, San Francisco Chronicle, "Tweets of terror: Trump is getting busy at the chopping block," 17 Mar. 2018 The fiduciary rule wouldn’t have prevented all unscrupulous sales practices. — Lisa Beilfuss, WSJ, "Steak Dinner and Annuities: Retirement Product Surges After Fiduciary Rule’s Demise," 27 Oct. 2018 Despite receiving billions of dollars in taxpayer money, Medicaid insurers are lax in ferreting out fraud and neglect to tell states about unscrupulous medical providers, according to a federal report released Thursday. — Chad Terhune, Washington Post, "Insurers Fall Short In Catching And Reporting Medicaid Fraud, Inspectors Find," 12 July 2018 At the moment unscrupulous companies can get away with poor employment practices, at the expense of both workers and those employers who play by the rules, says Jeremias Prassl of Oxford University. — The Economist, "A spanner in the worksThe Pimlico Plumbers case puts the gig economy on trial," 20 Feb. 2018 Kevin Macdonald’s documentary that portrays Houston as an artist, a cultural phenomenon and, in the end, a victim of unscrupulous and abusive family members as well as a trainwreck-addicted tabloid culture. — Ann Hornaday, kansascity, "New Whitney Houston documentary transcends the rise-and-fall formula," 5 July 2018 With little legal protection, unauthorized workers in Thailand can be at the mercy of human traffickers or unscrupulous employers. — Hannah Beech, The Seattle Times, "For some Thai soccer-team members, cave ordeal was only their latest test," 10 July 2018 With little legal protection, undocumented workers in Thailand can be at the mercy of human traffickers or unscrupulous employers. — Hannah Beech, New York Times, "Stateless and Poor, Some Boys in Thai Cave Had Already Beaten Long Odds," 10 July 2018 The unscrupulous among the tycoons went further still. — The Economist, "The humbling of India’s tycoons," 19 Apr. 2018

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