unscrupulous
adjective
not scrupulous; unrestrained by scruples; conscienceless; unprincipled.
unscrupulosity
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a word derived from
unscrupulous.
Example Sentences
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She finds in his books unscrupulosity of statement, absence of genuine charity, and a perverted moral judgment.
From George Eliot; a Critical Study of Her Life, Writings & Philosophy by George Willis Cooke
"He united," says Nöldeke, "with an agitator's adroitness and perfect unscrupulosity in the choice of means the energy and clear outlook of a general and statesman, Abú Muslim. and even of a monarch."
From A Literary History of the Arabs by Reynold Nicholson
I protest against the use of these majestic conceptions to do the dirty work of unscrupulosity and justify the non-payment of conscious debts which cannot be defined or enforced by the law.
From Impressions of Theophrastus Such by George Eliot
A combination of audacity and fidelity with shrewdness, resourcefulness, and unscrupulosity, was precisely what he wanted and precisely what he had found.
From England under the Tudors by Arthur D. (Arthur Donald) Innes
One of the most striking characteristics of Dr. Cumming’s writings is unscrupulosity of statement.
From The Essays of "George Eliot" Complete by Nathan Sheppard
