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
One year ago, a violent mob, guided by unscrupulous politicians, stormed the Capitol and almost succeeded in preventing the democratic transfer of power.
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The New York Times, New York Times, 30 Dec. 2024
Some unscrupulous authors are using artificial intelligence to game the system, Heffner says.
—IEEE Spectrum, 30 Dec. 2024
And new federal efforts to crack down on unscrupulous brokers switching consumers' coverage without consent could slow down the process for picking a new plan
CMS did not respond to questions about why open enrollment was extended.
—Maya Goldman, Axios, 17 Dec. 2024
Or unscrupulous exporters mislabel them, bribing port officials to not examine their shipments too closely.
—Vince Beiser, WIRED, 30 Nov. 2024
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The New York Times, New York Times, 30 Dec. 2024
Some unscrupulous authors are using artificial intelligence to game the system, Heffner says.
—IEEE Spectrum, 30 Dec. 2024
And new federal efforts to crack down on unscrupulous brokers switching consumers' coverage without consent could slow down the process for picking a new plan
CMS did not respond to questions about why open enrollment was extended.
—Maya Goldman, Axios, 17 Dec. 2024
Or unscrupulous exporters mislabel them, bribing port officials to not examine their shipments too closely.
—Vince Beiser, WIRED, 30 Nov. 2024
See all Example Sentences for unscrupulous
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unscrupulous
Adjective
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The trial culminated in the dramatic display of her thong before the jury, paired with descriptions of her as manipulative and immoral.—
Kristen Waggoner,
Newsweek,
21 Jan. 2025
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Growing shares in each party describe those in the other party as more closed-minded, dishonest, immoral and unintelligent than other Americans.—
NBC News,
NBC News,
22 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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They are expected to manage the roster with a little more thought paid to player welfare and a little less thought paid to marginal gains and ruthless efficiency.—
Andrew Baggarly,
The Athletic,
30 Jan. 2025
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Here's the idea: Buried deep within Starfleet exists an anonymous, ruthless intelligence agency that operates out of sight of most Federation citizens and Starfleet officers.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
28 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Many such stories also contain the suggestion, sometimes explicit, that the old civilization was unbearably corrupt and that its violent collapse was overdue.—
Jennifer Szalai,
New York Times,
22 Jan. 2025
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Hunter Biden had been the point man in the decades-long Biden family business of selling access to his father and his political influence to agents of corrupt and anti-American foreign regimes, including the Chinese Communist Party.—
The Editors,
National Review,
21 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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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
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All of this coincided with a period of unprincipled practices in the media.—
Meg Walters,
Glamour,
20 Nov. 2024
Adjective
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Read Next: Supreme Court Declines to Hear Utah’s Public-Lands Lawsuit The anti-hound petition filed in Arizona deals in unsupported accusations that hunting with hounds isn’t fair chase, GPS collars are unethical, and so on.—
Natalie Krebs,
Outdoor Life,
16 Jan. 2025
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Brown attempted to please prosecutors over the years, collecting information from inside or outside the jail in ways legal experts told the Herald was unethical, improper and likely a violation of other inmates’ rights.—
Brittany Wallman,
Miami Herald,
2 Jan. 2025
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