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Adjective
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This position is both unethical and a breakdown of the rule of law.—
Mark Pirie,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Mar. 2026 -
The solicitation of complaints by the board’s executive director, Michael Cavin, resulted in complaints of unethical conduct filed against Mejia and Smith by their employers.—
Clark Kauffman,
Iowa Capital Dispatch,
27 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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How pathetically far this blithering, unprincipled piece of trash has gone to endanger other lives, to expressly distract and deflect from his own wicked deeds, and to further benefit his grifting family’s larcenously enlarged bounties.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
8 Mar. 2026
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In every era a certain kind of unprincipled demagogue driven by an insatiable need for attention and a sense of what will capture the public’s imagination rises to the fore.—
Mark Lilla,
The New York Review of Books,
5 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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According to investigative reports, unscrupulous lawyers collude with medical mills and lawsuit financiers to recruit immigrants and people experiencing homelessness to orchestrate accidents, arrange unnecessary surgeries and cash in on inflated settlements.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
7 Mar. 2026
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Perhaps more disturbing is the effect AI could have on the system if generative writing programs are used by unscrupulous parties to create phoney evidence.—
Edmund H. Mahony,
Hartford Courant,
1 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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More and more people are avoiding dating or befriending those with opposing political views, and growing numbers describe those on the other side as closed-minded, dishonest, immoral and unintelligent.—
Justin Callais,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Mar. 2026
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His judgments about the characters—both famous and obscure—who mattered in this low, dishonest era are always persuasive.—
Gabrielle Bellot,
Literary Hub,
27 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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The downside is that the new-era players may bump up against their unwillingness to play a more cutthroat game.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
25 Feb. 2026
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The high-stakes drama about the cutthroat world of investment banking stars Myha'la, Marisa Abela, Ken Leung and Kit Harrington.—
Shania Russell,
Entertainment Weekly,
25 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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The Shah's regime was corrupt and dysfunctional.—
The Week UK,
TheWeek,
8 Mar. 2026
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Trump has granted clemency to all manner of criminals from violent January 6 rioters to corrupt politicians and fraudulent businessmen.—
Krista Kafer,
Denver Post,
6 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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And no more crooked mail-in ballots except for illness, disability, military or travel, none.—
Irene Wright,
USA Today,
27 Feb. 2026
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And no more crooked mail-in ballots except for illness, disability, military, or travel.—
TIME Staff,
Time,
25 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Maybe the regime just takes a new form, an equally depraved regime.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
1 Mar. 2026
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In recent weeks, Trump has again revealed himself to be a stain on basic decency and humanity, demonstrating a depraved indifference to suffering and a laser-like focus on gold and glory.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
22 Jan. 2026
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“Unmoral.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unmoral. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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