as in immoral
not guided by or showing a concern for what is right
an unscrupulous businessman manipulated them into selling their land for practically nothing
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Recent Examples of unscrupulous
Worse, the law is now being used by unscrupulous lawyers and doctors to stage phony accidents.
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John Faso, New York Daily News, 7 Apr. 2025
Some unscrupulous persons will start to offer debt relief services or sell various sophisticated-sounding transactions to get rid of creditors.
—Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
On the low end, these restaurants are stuck in the past, overrun by ego, are possibly trapped within the tight grip of unscrupulous influencers, or all of the above.
—Timothy Depeugh, Charlotte Observer, 3 Apr. 2025
But there are real concerns over Trump’s trustworthiness in diplomatic and intelligence circles, from his own unscrupulous approach to classified information, isolationist tendencies and cozy relationship with autocrats like Russian President Vladimir Putin.
—Laura Kelly, The Hill, 29 Mar. 2025
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John Faso, New York Daily News, 7 Apr. 2025
Some unscrupulous persons will start to offer debt relief services or sell various sophisticated-sounding transactions to get rid of creditors.
—Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
On the low end, these restaurants are stuck in the past, overrun by ego, are possibly trapped within the tight grip of unscrupulous influencers, or all of the above.
—Timothy Depeugh, Charlotte Observer, 3 Apr. 2025
But there are real concerns over Trump’s trustworthiness in diplomatic and intelligence circles, from his own unscrupulous approach to classified information, isolationist tendencies and cozy relationship with autocrats like Russian President Vladimir Putin.
—Laura Kelly, The Hill, 29 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unscrupulous
Adjective
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Even children and adolescents express more willingness to shun and punish moral transgressors than people who do something personally obnoxious or offensive but not immoral.—
Jen Cole Wright,
The Conversation,
14 Apr. 2025
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Regardless of what transpired between the two cast members, on or off screen, Aspen was unfairly portrayed as an immoral character.—
Taylor Crumpton,
Essence,
11 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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There is the ruthless spymaster Luthen Rael (Stellan Skarsgård) and his mysterious assistant Kleya (Elizabeth Dulau).—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
21 Apr. 2025
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O’Neil had shown a more ruthless streak in dealing with Lemina, stripping the midfielder of the captaincy after those embarrassing post-match scenes at West Ham.—
Steve Madeley,
New York Times,
21 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Rosamund Pike adds her name to the cast list, starring as a diamond seller whose family launders their profits through corrupt back-channels.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
1 May 2025
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Countless cases have shown how these schemes have granted safe haven to corrupt actors from around the world and other suspicious individuals in the EU.—
Cecilia Rodriguez,
Forbes.com,
29 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
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Even the film's ostensible progressives, like Tucci's Bellini, are not immune to unethical bargaining behind the scenes.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
22 Apr. 2025
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But narcissists famously have a dark side as well that includes unethical, autocratic and aggressive behavior.—
Eddie Brummelman,
Scientific American,
22 Apr. 2025
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“Unscrupulous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unscrupulous. Accessed 6 May. 2025.
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