as in immoral
not guided by or showing a concern for what is right
an unscrupulous businessman manipulated them into selling their land for practically nothing
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Recent Examples of unscrupulous
Now, there are some dealers out there who are just unscrupulous, and there are some dealers out there who just wanna maximize the worth of their guitars.
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Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 31 Mar. 2025
Cloud Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Producers: Yumi Arakawa, Yuki Nishimiya, Nobuhiro Iizuka, Japan 2024
An unscrupulous online resellerʼs misdeeds catch up with him in mysterious and frightening ways in horror maestro Kiyoshi Kurosawaʼs dark tale.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 26 Mar. 2025
In this John le Carré adaptation, Brosnan plays Andy Osnard, a disgraced, unscrupulous, but unfailingly charming MI6 agent who sees a new assignment in an ultracorrupt Panama as a chance to accumulate money and power.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 19 Mar. 2025
Michael Douglas — Wall Street (1987) Gordon Gekko is a cunning and unscrupulous corporate predator who crystallized the Reagan-era ethos into three words.
—EW.com, 2 Mar. 2025
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Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 31 Mar. 2025
Cloud Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Producers: Yumi Arakawa, Yuki Nishimiya, Nobuhiro Iizuka, Japan 2024
An unscrupulous online resellerʼs misdeeds catch up with him in mysterious and frightening ways in horror maestro Kiyoshi Kurosawaʼs dark tale.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 26 Mar. 2025
In this John le Carré adaptation, Brosnan plays Andy Osnard, a disgraced, unscrupulous, but unfailingly charming MI6 agent who sees a new assignment in an ultracorrupt Panama as a chance to accumulate money and power.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 19 Mar. 2025
Michael Douglas — Wall Street (1987) Gordon Gekko is a cunning and unscrupulous corporate predator who crystallized the Reagan-era ethos into three words.
—EW.com, 2 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unscrupulous
Adjective
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Regardless of what transpired between the two cast members, on or off screen, Aspen was unfairly portrayed as an immoral character.—
Taylor Crumpton,
Essence,
11 Apr. 2025
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We are limited to enforcing the law, not policing immoral behavior.—
David Chiu,
People.com,
28 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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But when the ruthless Mafia boss Nicola Grimaldi discovers his young son has been kidnapped and murdered, the suspect and Grimaldi’s former friend Vito seeks refuge with police.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
9 Apr. 2025
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The way to move up in your organization might require being ruthless.—
Roberta Matuson,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Taking away a tool that saves millions of Americans money to boost the tax prep industry's profits is another corrupt giveaway to Big Business.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Apr. 2025
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By the end of the finale episode, Kingpin has essentially taken control of the entire city and the Punisher is kidnapped by the corrupt police but Daredevil is assembling his own army to combat the tyrant.—
Skyler Trepel,
People.com,
16 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The notorious Sackler family, opioid pushers responsible for countless cases of addiction and death, can’t seem to settle their legal problems without turning to some kind of unprincipled maneuver.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Feb. 2025
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Objective voters who watched the recent documentary about Lev Parnas, once a Trump ally, should fear a redux of a Cabinet running the government for an angry, unhinged, unprincipled man.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
1 Oct. 2024
Adjective
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People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals finds the whole idea of using pig organs unethical.—
Karen Weintraub,
USA Today,
11 Apr. 2025
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Controlled experiments on humans, particularly of this kind, are inherently unethical, therefore studies rely on surveys and reports.—
Danielle Sukenik,
The Conversation,
11 Apr. 2025
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“Unscrupulous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unscrupulous. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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