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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unscrupulousness
Noun
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The immorality and inhumanity of these acts have cascaded through families, friends, and communities.—
Nick Gauthier,
Hartford Courant,
7 July 2025 -
In a Code world, no film should risk lowering an audience’s moral standards nor should evil or immorality be presented except as a cautionary tale.—
Betsy Golden Kellem,
JSTOR Daily,
25 June 2025
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In 1870, lawyers founded the City Bar to confront corruption in the courts under Tammany Hall.—
Muhammad U. Faridi,
New York Daily News,
17 Aug. 2025
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The billion-dollar plan hoped to stamp out corruption and combat drug cartels.—
Miriam Waldvogel,
The Hill,
15 Aug. 2025
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This swift and near-total capitulation to political depravity is for many people outside the United States an extraordinary sight.—
Pankaj Mishra,
Harpers Magazine,
16 July 2025
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Do not underestimate their capabilities or depravities.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
21 July 2025
Noun
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The show’s about religious hypocrisy and being conned.—
Myrna Petlicki,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Aug. 2025
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Still, Akerman's performance makes the case that hypocrisy can be liberating.—
Megan Cartwright,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Aug. 2025
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Bowling in That’s My Boy Broke slacker Donny Berger reconnects with his estranged son, Han Solo (Andy Samberg), via a night of debauchery with Uncle Vanny, better known as Vanilla Ice.—
Derek Lawrence,
Vulture,
28 July 2025
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Greed was good, debauchery was along for the ride, and cocaine was the ultimate catalyst.—
Steve Garbarino,
HollywoodReporter,
10 July 2025
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Families belong together, not torn apart in secrecy.—
Alia Shoaib,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Aug. 2025
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Not every experiment is shrouded in secrecy, however.—
Andrew Paul Jul 30,
Popular Science,
30 July 2025
Noun
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Thanks to an incessant stream of sensational newspaper articles and a nonstop rumor mill, the public had the idea of Hollywood as a lair of iniquity and debasement.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
24 June 2025
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These smoky, dark dens of gaming iniquity used to be everywhere, enticing you in with flashing marquees, simple synth melodies, and crunchy 8-bit explosions.—
Simon Hill,
Wired News,
26 June 2025
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“Unscrupulousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unscrupulousness. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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