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“What if it turns out that when the press calls a lie a lie, nobody cares?” then-Atlantic editor James Bennet asked in a 2012 piece about the relative unscrupulousness of Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign.

From Slate • Nov. 4, 2024

"With Russia, we are dealing with an actor on the opposite side whose unscrupulousness and willingness to use violence we must reckon with," Mr Kahl said.

From BBC • Dec. 22, 2022

He said the fact that Singer was submitting applications on behalf of his clients was “a mark of unscrupulousness in and of itself.”

From Seattle Times • Mar. 16, 2019

His reputation for unscrupulousness accounted for other hurdles.

From New York Times • Oct. 16, 2015

They fought him with at much unscrupulousness and hatred as if he bad been an antichrist, and they truly believed themselves to be defending the right.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White