morally bankrupt

adjective

: having or acting as if having no morals
a morally bankrupt politician

Examples of morally bankrupt in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Amid the show’s election year resurgence, the Golden Globe winner reasoned that her morally bankrupt politician character Selina Meyer is more like Donald Trump than his opponent Kamala Harris. Glenn Garner, Deadline, 28 Sep. 2024 And speaking of morally bankrupt…politicians Bernie Moreno, [Texas Rep.] Chip Roy, J.D. Vance and Donald Trump then spoke in my son’s name and used his death for political gain. David Chiu, Peoplemag, 11 Sep. 2024 The pro contingent, which includes this critic, appreciated its glowering social-realist spin and its adventurousness in observing Batman lore while tethering it to a morally bankrupt view of contemporary America on the brink of anarchy, cracked open by class and wealth divisions. David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Sep. 2024 The threat to incinerate millions of people in the name of national security is both bad policy and morally bankrupt. Nina Tannenwald, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2018 This year’s Fashion Week Berlin is a morally bankrupt disgrace. Uwe Westphal, Sun Sentinel, 16 July 2024 Offshore balancing requires the United States to become more dependent on morally bankrupt regimes, subordinating all else to the narrow realpolitik requirement of short-term stability. Hal Brands, Foreign Affairs, 17 Oct. 2016 Rescheduling and clemency fail to address today’s central cannabis issue: the conflict between a federal government that is maintaining a scientifically dubious, morally bankrupt policy and states that have decisively rejected it. Jacob Sullum, Orange County Register, 25 May 2024 McCarthy declined to be interviewed, perhaps because of the ways — feckless, morally bankrupt — your friendly columnist has described him. Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2024

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“Morally bankrupt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/morally%20bankrupt. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.

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