as in unethical
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unmoral
Adjective
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Such research, of course, would be grossly unethical.—
Sandee LaMotte,
CNN Money,
5 May 2025 -
Victims’ families have complained over the years about the insensitive and unethical ways producers have approached them.—
John J. Lennon,
Vulture,
30 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The notorious Sackler family, opioid pushers responsible for countless cases of addiction and death, can’t seem to settle their legal problems without turning to some kind of unprincipled maneuver.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Feb. 2025
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Objective voters who watched the recent documentary about Lev Parnas, once a Trump ally, should fear a redux of a Cabinet running the government for an angry, unhinged, unprincipled man.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
1 Oct. 2024
Adjective
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Another potential deepfake danger may be from business partners, competitors or unscrupulous market speculators looking to gain leverage in negotiations or to try to affect a company's stock price through bad publicity.—
Jim Richberg,
Forbes,
24 Mar. 2025
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But what if the truth becomes not merely inconvenient, but weaponized by unscrupulous actors in a war against the public interest?—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Pretending otherwise is dishonest and counter-factual.—
Mark Hughes,
Forbes.com,
3 May 2025
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The cruelty of his dishonest sham, founded on disdain for the autistic community and aimed at parents of autistic children, defies decency.—
Dan Vergano,
Scientific American,
23 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Walmart’s buying team can be notoriously cutthroat, with a razor focus on squeezing suppliers on price.—
Dev Patnaik,
Forbes.com,
22 Apr. 2025
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The sybaritic highwayman Macheath maneuvers between a cutthroat capitalist milieu (Mr. and Mrs. Peachum) and a corrupt police force (led by Tiger Brown) while seducing daughters from both worlds (Polly Peachum and Lucy Brown).—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
14 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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That included former interim U.S. Attorney Danielle Sassoon, who wrote in her resignation letter that Adams had entered into a corrupt quid pro quo with Trump to get rid of his case by offering immigration enforcement assistance in exchange for a dismissal.—
Chris Sommerfeldt,
New York Daily News,
10 May 2025
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He has been banned for life from the city of Bonita Springs, having once sunk a corrupt city councilman’s party barge, but shows little remorse.—
Amy Weiss-Meyer,
The Atlantic,
8 May 2025
Adjective
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In the new season’s third episode, Charlie helps Beatrix solve the murder of her husband Jeffrey (Richard Kind) by crooked FBI agent Danny (John Mulaney), and in return, Beatrix agrees to call off the hit.—
Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
9 May 2025
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But that jubilation quickly turns into a night of violence when Coop is beaten within an inch of his life by two guys hired by a crooked art gallery owner who put overly aggressive moves on his partner in crime Elena (Aimee Carrero).—
Rosemary Rossi,
Variety,
9 May 2025
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In an era that looked as if it might be defined by an American man of depraved cruelty, corruption, and shame, what a magnificent thing the Catholic Church has done.—
Jason Lemon,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 May 2025
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Body counts on the screen like some depraved sports scorecard.—
Stan Godlewski,
Hartford Courant,
3 May 2025
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“Unmoral.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unmoral. Accessed 19 May. 2025.
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