virtueless

Definition of virtuelessnext

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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
  • After the evil Skeletor (Jared Leto) snatches his parents, Adam is plucked out of Eternia and returns years later from the human world to assume his true identity as He-Man and save the planet.
    Matt Minton, Variety, 6 June 2026
  • Young Prince Adam of Eternia (Nicholas Galitzine) is sent to Earth to protect him from the evil and hilarious Skeletor (Jared Leto), who now rules Eternia.
    Mike Ryan, IndieWire, 4 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
  • Players take on the role of one of four Vault Hunters searching for mythical vaults while trying to take on the planet’s immoral dictator.
    Sheena Vasani, The Verge, 23 May 2026
  • The government has suspended the platform several times, citing concerns that the app promotes immoral or unlawful content.
    CBS News, CBS News, 19 May 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
  • Democrats have never run against a candidate like Ken Paxton that is so corrupt that his own party impeached him.
    NBC news, NBC news, 31 May 2026
  • Our lame-duck governor is happily corrupt and no longer answerable to Floridians.
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 30 May 2026
Adjective
  • Jones puts an exclamation point on the music — making the audience the roadies to Lestat’s wicked showman ways.
    Randy Myers, Mercury News, 3 June 2026
  • Every day brought a thousand little dramas, dropped lines and brilliant recoveries, missing props and onstage farts, the extramarital affair that Proteus and Julia had commenced, the gay actor’s wicked commentary on it, followed by bad behavior in bars.
    Jonathan Franzen, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
Adjective
  • In the meantime, the king has returned and set out on a years-long journey to look for his lost wife, and eventually the family is reunited.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 June 2026
  • What the administration has not explained is how school districts would replace the lost revenue.
    Garrett Shanley, Miami Herald, 1 June 2026
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“Virtueless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/virtueless. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.

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