virtueless

Definition of virtuelessnext

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for virtueless
Adjective
  • Our community is small, and when someone like Scott comes along, we are comforted and start growing confidence that perhaps the city administration will look back at the iniquitous history that left us landless in our own homeland.
    Richard B. Williams, Denver Post, 10 Sep. 2025
  • That morning, on the day of his exam, looking up at the stone façades, Gabriel suddenly realized that this was a place that existed not despite but because of the iniquitous history exhibited here.
    Daisy Hildyard, The New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • With some assistance from the bounty hunter Lobo (Jason Momoa), Kara and Ruthye track down Krem and his evil Brigands.
    Brian Truitt, USA Today, 27 June 2026
  • Load was a Number One seller in 1996, and its comelier evil twin, ReLoad, repeated the feat a year and a half later.
    Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 27 June 2026
Adjective
  • Ivey recently described the LGBTQ community as unrighteous in a live stream from his Instagram account.
    Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Ancient sacred writings teach us to avoid using unrighteous means to oppose the unrighteous demands of wicked rulers.
    Chris John Amorosino, Hartford Courant, 24 Feb. 2026
Adjective
  • Court records show that 60-year-old Bradley Kyle Martin, of Dearborn Heights, is charged with using a computer or internet to communicate with another person to commit a crime and accosting children for immoral purposes.
    DeJanay Booth-Singleton, CBS News, 25 June 2026
  • These monsters—its antitheses—constitute that part of our nature that urges us to be sensible and strong, and that inclines us to see the life drive as trivial, weak, sentimental and immoral.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 June 2026
Adjective
  • But in this one, the women are transgressive and lustful and violent and ridiculous and funny.
    Scott Feinberg, HollywoodReporter, 4 June 2026
  • From dazzling smiles and lustful dates to shocking eliminations and lifelong friendships, Love Island USA is back.
    Irene Wright, USA Today, 2 June 2026
Adjective
  • In reality, leaders on both sides are corrupt and always on the edge of disaster.
    Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 29 June 2026
  • My career actually focuses on bonding and preventing taxpayers from being on the hook for the failures of bankrupt and corrupt companies.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 28 June 2026
Adjective
  • But even the most perfect Constitution can be undone by the wicked with the help of the bought, the stupid, and the cowardly.
    Ann Manov, Harpers Magazine, 23 June 2026
  • Because my gut feeling tells me another round of wicked winds this way comes.
    Donna Vickroy, Chicago Tribune, 19 June 2026
Adjective
  • On a busy day like July 4, one shack might see two dozen lost kids.
    Curbed editors, Curbed, 23 June 2026
  • To make these work in complex environments, users want fewer exceptions, fewer lost assets and fewer human calls to rescue a confused machine.
    Ron Schmelzer, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
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“Virtueless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/virtueless. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.

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