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Recent Examples of unprincipled Cazale excelled, instead, at playing people who are weak, weird, unprincipled, and visibly uncomfortable in their own skins. Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 10 Apr. 2024 This is not a way of saying that many salespeople are unprincipled professionals. Randy Illig, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023 There are investigators that would do unethical, unprincipled things. Graham Kates, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2023 The eagerness to put self before country, of course, is the common thread between two profoundly unprincipled politicians, Benjamin Netanyahu and Donald Trump. David Remnick, The New Yorker, 24 July 2023 See all Example Sentences for unprincipled 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unprincipled
Adjective
  • Jeremy Jeffreys, a Placer Union High School District board member who was fired by the district he would be elected to govern, had his teaching credential suspended earlier this month for immoral conduct.
    Jennah Pendleton, Sacramento Bee, 3 Feb. 2025
  • Silence in the face of this catastrophe is immoral and shameful.
    U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Rachel Weisz and Emma Stone are delicious as the two ruthless favorites of the monarch, who try to outmaneuver each other at all costs.
    Radhika Seth, Vogue, 9 Feb. 2025
  • The ruthless brutality by Iraq and Iran displayed the lengths to which the region’s governments were willing to go to silence the Kurds.
    Sefa Secen & Serhun Al / Made by History, TIME, 7 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • The Breaking Bad universe expanded after the original series’ final episode, exploring the origin story of unscrupulous attorney Saul Goodman (Bob Odenkirk) in Better Call Saul.
    Will Harris, EW.com, 31 Jan. 2025
  • The Briarcliff Entertainment and Rich Spirit movie follows Donald Trump (Stan) during his early New York City real estate days as he’s mentored by an unscrupulous attorney Roy Cohn (Strong).
    Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 30 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Several leagues away from her time on Game of Thrones, Christie now stars on the Apple TV+ thriller as Lorne, an enigmatic woman in charge of corrupt corporation Lumon’s even more enigmatic goats.
    Josh Wigler, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Feb. 2025
  • Worse, some corrupt scientists form peer review rings.
    Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 31 Jan. 2025

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