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
The Department of Labor needs to write clear rules that protect companies from unfair lawsuits while still protecting against clear cases of fraud by unscrupulous employers.
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Stephen Moore, Boston Herald, 4 Sep. 2025
There are also parallels with the seemingly unscrupulous corporate CEOs.
—Ed Meza, Variety, 2 Sep. 2025
In the eighth season of Rick and Morty, our unscrupulous genius and his teenage companion get into lots more scraps featuring virtual realities, the Easter Bunny, and an entire planet full of their clones.
—PC Magazine, 29 Aug. 2025
Taxpayers should be cautious of overly alarmist narratives or unscrupulous tax professionals who may be seeking to profit from the overwhelming sense of panic.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for unscrupulous
Stephen Moore, Boston Herald, 4 Sep. 2025
There are also parallels with the seemingly unscrupulous corporate CEOs.
—Ed Meza, Variety, 2 Sep. 2025
In the eighth season of Rick and Morty, our unscrupulous genius and his teenage companion get into lots more scraps featuring virtual realities, the Easter Bunny, and an entire planet full of their clones.
—PC Magazine, 29 Aug. 2025
Taxpayers should be cautious of overly alarmist narratives or unscrupulous tax professionals who may be seeking to profit from the overwhelming sense of panic.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for unscrupulous
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unscrupulous
Adjective
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Ladapo said the decision was not reached according to the data, but instead on his view that vaccine mandates are immoral and outside the scope of the government’s authority.—
Sarah Fortinsky,
The Hill,
7 Sep. 2025
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Even the paper’s biggest triumph—which, without giving too much away, brings it into direct conflict with its toilet-paper stablemate—involves a farcically immoral compromise that tramples the church-state divide between news and product sales (and, worse, isn’t all that funny).—
Jon Allsop,
New Yorker,
5 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Hunted by the ruthless crime boss that Don worked for and learned all the boss’s sinister secrets — Perlman plays him — Don has a reason to seek redemption.—
Mike Fleming Jr,
Deadline,
5 Sep. 2025
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Witness Alex Hales’ ruthless removal.—
Tim Ellis,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The story of corrupt small-town cops taking on a former Marine was written and directed by Jeremy Saulnier and stars Aaron Pierre, Don Johnson and AnnaSophia Robb.—
Jack Smart,
PEOPLE,
7 Sep. 2025
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Delegates and party leaders described it as a corrupt and hypocritical maneuver from the governor.—
Nicole Nixon,
Sacbee.com,
7 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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In the past, that’s opened small businesses to frivolous lawsuits filed by unprincipled lawyers that file massive lawsuits and offer quick settlements.—
Erica Goldstein,
Boston Herald,
9 Sep. 2025
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Rule by ‘ambitious, and unprincipled men’ Partisanship is the primary problem for the American republic, according to Washington.—
Robert A. Strong,
The Conversation,
8 Sep. 2025
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The Hulu miniseries Dopesick (2021), chronicling Purdue Pharma’s role in the opioid crisis, highlights the catastrophic consequences of unethical persuasion.—
Adrian Dearnell,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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At a press conference in Tampa, Ladapo called vaccine mandates unethical.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Unscrupulous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unscrupulous. Accessed 12 Sep. 2025.
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