un·scru·pu·lous

(ŭn-skro͞o′pyə-ləs)

adj.

Having or showing no regard for what is right or honorable; devoid of scruples.

un·scru′pu·lous·ly adv.

un·scru′pu·lous·ness n.

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unscrupulous

(ʌnˈskruːpjʊləs)

adj

without scruples; unprincipled; unfair

unˈscrupulously adv

unˈscrupulousness, unscrupulosity n

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un•scru•pu•lous

(ʌnˈskru pyə ləs)

adj.

not scrupulous; not restrained by scruples; unprincipled: unscrupulous business dealings.

[1795–1805]

un•scru′pu•lous•ly, adv.

un•scru′pu•lous•ness, (-ˈlɒs ɪ ti) n.

syn: unscrupulous, unprincipled refer to a lack of moral or ethical standards. unscrupulous means not controlled by one's conscience and contemptuous of what one knows to be right or honorable: an unscrupulous landlord. unprincipled means lacking or not aware of moral standards that should restrain one's actions: an unprincipled rogue.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Adj.

unscrupulous - without scruples or principles; "unscrupulous politicos who would be happy to sell...their country in order to gain power"

unprincipled - lacking principles or moral scruples; "freedom from coarse unprincipled calumny"- A.E.Stevenson

scrupulous - having scruples; arising from a sense of right and wrong; principled; "less scrupulous producers sent bundles that were deceptive in appearance"

unscrupulous

adjective unprincipled, corrupt, crooked (informal), ruthless, improper, immoral, dishonest, unethical, exploitative, dishonourable, roguish, unconscionable, knavish, conscienceless, unconscientious These kids are being exploited by very unscrupulous people.
principled, moral, ethical, proper, upright, honourable, honest, scrupulous

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unscrupulous

adjective

Lacking scruples or principles:

conscienceless, ruthless, unconscionable, unethical, unprincipled.

Translations

عَديم الضَّمير

bezohledný

skrupelløs

skrupellos

αδίστακτος ανενδοίαστος

malhonnête sans scrupules

gátlástalanlelkiismeretlen

samviskulaus

senza scrupoli poco scrupoloso

nejaučiantis jokio sąžinės graužimoneturintis skrupulų

bezprincipu-gatavs uz visunegodīgs

skruppelløs uten skrupler

inescrupuloso

неразборчивый

ahlâksızvicdansız

不择手段的无道德的

unscrupulous

[ʌnˈskruːpjʊləs] ADJ → sin escrúpulos, poco escrupuloso

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

unscrupulous

[ʌnˈskruːpjʊləs] adj → sans scrupules

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

unscrupulous

adj person, behaviour → skrupellos, gewissenlos; he is unscrupulous where money is concerned → er ist skrupellos or gewissenlos, wenn es um Geld geht

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

unscrupulous

[ʌnˈskruːpjʊləs] adj (person) → senza scrupoli, privo/a di scrupoli; (means) → disonesto/a

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

unscrupulous

(anˈskruːpjuləs) adjective

having no conscience or scruples; wicked. He is an unscrupulous rogue.

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Chairman, and to its affirmation I pledge my life, my fortune, and my sacred honour, that that wicked and unscrupulous Minority redistricted the cards!"

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The truth is the truth; and neither childish absurdities, nor unscrupulous contradictions, can make it otherwise.

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Oolanga was in his way a clever, unscrupulous rogue, and he felt that with things moving round him in this great household there should be opportunities of self-advancement.

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There is a type of manly valour; but valour in a woman, or unscrupulous cleverness, is inappropriate.

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She is young, handsome, clever, and unscrupulous; she has made money to live on, and has time at her disposal to find out the weak side of an old man; and she is going to attack Mr.

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For ever since those inventive but unscrupulous times when on the marble panellings of temples, the pedestals of statues, and on shields, medallions, cups, and coins, the dolphin was drawn in scales of chain-armor like Saladin's, and a helmeted head like St.

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The pirate attack had been a complete surprise: a sure proof that the unscrupulous Hook had conducted it improperly, for to surprise redskins fairly is beyond the wit of the white man.

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She had, unfortunately, failed, and felt herself condemned to be for ever at the mercy of this unscrupulous wretch who was continually demanding her presence at clandestine interviews.

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At first, used as they were to the actions of unscrupulous rivals in trying to thwart their efforts, Tom and Ned had been on the alert for any signs of hidden enemies on board the steamer.

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She looked bold and resourceful and unscrupulous, and she was all of these.

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Madame Ratignolle hoped that Robert would exercise extreme caution in dealing with the Mexicans, who, she considered, were a treacherous people, unscrupulous and revengeful.

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We had been, collectively, subject to an intrusion; some unscrupulous traveler, curious in old houses, had made his way in unobserved, enjoyed the prospect from the best point of view, and then stolen out as he came.

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