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unethical

[ uhn-eth-i-kuhl ]

adjective

  1. lacking moral principles; unwilling to adhere to proper rules of conduct.
  2. not in accord with the standards of a profession:

    She treated patients outside the area of her training, and the appropriate medical organization punished her unethical behavior.



unethical

/ ʌnˈɛθɪkəl /

adjective

  1. not ethical; improper

    companies involved in unethical practices

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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  • un·ethi·cal·ly adverb
  • un·ethi·cal·ness un·ethi·cali·ty noun
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Example Sentences

It’s clearly unethical to perform controlled crash tests with human subjects.

Using state filings is not wrong, illegal, or unethical — it’s just the standard way to do business today.

I am fully aware that, in most cases, removing animals from their natural environment is unethical.

Waters said in a statement their “unethical conduct directly led to the recent market volatility.”

He said, “I will not sit idly by while unethical liberals try to steal this election.”

It may be surprising that Christian authors would use tactics that even those outside the church consider unethical.

I was surprised that so many people bought the spin that I somehow I had done something unethical.

The Columbia Journalism Review, which did not even manage to spell my name correctly, charged that I had been unethical.

In the email, Jackson labels Parker an "eccentric unethical billionaire."

Last month, a senior physician at Guantánamo dismissed claims that force-feeding is unethical.

“Unethical to a client,” reproved Drew linking arm with the operative.

Yet the practice is considered unethical by the Hopi themselves and is being discontinued.

This outing was in the days before "jacking for deer" had become not only illegal but entirely unethical.

Wittels shows that the unconscious unethical desires break into consciousness and cause tragedy.

They are concerned about unethical conduct by public officials, and discouraged by activist courts that try to redefine marriage.

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