unscrupulous
[uhn-skroo-pyuh-luh s]
- not scrupulous; unrestrained by scruples; conscienceless; unprincipled.
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Origin of unscrupulous
Synonyms
See more synonyms for unscrupulous on Thesaurus.comUnscrupulous, unprincipled refer to lack of moral standards or conscience to guide one's conduct. The unscrupulous person is without scruples of conscience, and disregards, or has contempt for, laws of right or justice with which he or she is perfectly well acquainted, and which should restrain his or her actions: unscrupulous in methods of making money, in taking advantage of the unfortunate. The unprincipled person is without moral principles or ethical standards in his or her conduct or actions: an unprincipled rogue; unprincipled conduct.
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Examples from the Web for unscrupulously
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She had power, and she was using it unscrupulously for selfish ends.
A Coin of Edward VIIFergus Hume
But many writers are most unscrupulously themselves when they are young.
Visions and RevisionsJohn Cowper Powys
Ah, she had always been diabolically clever, unscrupulously ambitious!
Ghetto ComediesIsrael Zangwill
To be quite frank, he seems to me to pursue it ruthlessly, cruelly, unscrupulously.
Hilda WadeGrant Allen
Have poor Indians been as unscrupulously corrupted as cheated?
unscrupulous
- without scruples; unprincipled
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Word Origin and History for unscrupulously
unscrupulous
adj.
1803, from un- (1) "not" + scrupulous.
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