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
Or unscrupulous exporters mislabel them, bribing port officials to not examine their shipments too closely.
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Vince Beiser, WIRED, 30 Nov. 2024
Such ads are among the avenues allegedly used by unscrupulous brokers who enroll or switch plans without the express permission of consumers, according to a lawsuit filed in Florida.
—Kff Health News, The Mercury News, 14 Oct. 2024
Labor advocates, meanwhile, worry about the opposite happening: Enforcement against unscrupulous employers will fall by the wayside.
—Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2024
Remember Daraprim, a generic medicine whose price rose overnight from $13.50 per tablet to $750 because of an unscrupulous Wall Street investor.
—Arthur E Palamara, Orlando Sentinel, 14 Dec. 2024
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Vince Beiser, WIRED, 30 Nov. 2024
Such ads are among the avenues allegedly used by unscrupulous brokers who enroll or switch plans without the express permission of consumers, according to a lawsuit filed in Florida.
—Kff Health News, The Mercury News, 14 Oct. 2024
Labor advocates, meanwhile, worry about the opposite happening: Enforcement against unscrupulous employers will fall by the wayside.
—Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2024
Remember Daraprim, a generic medicine whose price rose overnight from $13.50 per tablet to $750 because of an unscrupulous Wall Street investor.
—Arthur E Palamara, Orlando Sentinel, 14 Dec. 2024
See all Example Sentences for unscrupulous
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unscrupulous
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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
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Last week’s interview saw CBS Mornings co-host Tony Dokoupil speak with author Ta-Nehisi Coates about his new book The Message, which passionately argues that Israel’s treatment of Palestinians is immoral and should be condemned.Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Oct. 2024
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The lawyer who normally practices in New York is gregarious, quick with a joke and always happy to talk to the media, but can be ruthless in cross-examination.Andrew Dalton, Chicago Tribune, 18 Jan. 2025
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City are going through some stuff, Arsenal aren’t ruthless enough, Chelsea are wobbling, teams will figure out how to beat Nottingham Forest soon enough, Newcastle are the form team now but are an Alexander Isak injury away from trouble.Carl Anka, The Athletic, 16 Jan. 2025
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The essential modern text is Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, the 2010 Supreme Court decision that equates money with speech, resulting in an ever more corrupt system of campaign finance.David Remnick, The New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2025
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The only alternative to withdrawal was defending a pathetically inept and corrupt government in Kabul until the sun exploded, which was really no alternative at all.Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Jan. 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
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All of this coincided with a period of unprincipled practices in the media.Meg Walters, Glamour, 20 Nov. 2024
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Without acquiring advanced consent, this practice is not only unethical but severely impacts consumer confidence in the brand.Thomas Zawacki, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
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Their goal was to investigate and stop unethical conduct by public officials.Jacob Orledge, ProPublica, 6 Jan. 2025
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“Unscrupulous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unscrupulous. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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