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Unscrupulous

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

adj. Devoid of scruples; oblivious to or contemptuous of what is right or honorable.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

adj. Without scruples, immoral

adj. Contemptuous of what is right or honorable

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. Not scrupulous; unprincipled.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Not scrupulous; having no scruples; regardless of principle; unprincipled.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adj. without scruples or principles

Word Usage

"Sadly, there is an industry of what we call unscrupulous agents operating around the world who sell advice on how to take advantage of Canada to break our laws, Kenny said."

Antonym

scrupulous upstanding ethical

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

unprincipled

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

scrupulous

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

unprincipled ruthless ambitious greedy crafty corrupt treacherous heartless enterprising vindictive