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unprincipled

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un·prin·ci·pled  (n-prns-pld)
adj.
Lacking principles or moral scruples; unscrupulous: unprincipled behavior.

unprincipled
Adjective
lacking moral principles; unscrupulous
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.unprincipledunprincipled - lacking principles or moral scruples; "freedom from coarse unprincipled calumny"- A.E.Stevenson
unscrupulous - without scruples or principles; "unscrupulous politicos who would be happy to sell...their country in order to gain power"
principled - based on or manifesting objectively defined standards of rightness or morality; "principled pragmatism and unprincipled expediency"; "a principled person"
2.unprincipledunprincipled - having little or no integrity
dishonorable, dishonourable - lacking honor or integrity; deserving dishonor; "dishonorable in thought and deed"
Translations
Spanish unprincipled [ʌnˈprɪnsɪpld] adjsin escrúpulos
French unprincipled [ʌnˈprɪnsɪpld] adjsans principes
German unprincipled [ʌnˈprɪnsɪpld] adj [person] → charakterlos
Italian unprincipled [ʌnˈprɪnsɪpld] adjsenza scrupoli

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I am, indeed, provoked at the artifice of this unprincipled woman; what stronger proof of her dangerous abilities can be given than this perversion of Reginald's judgment, which when he entered the house was so decidedly against her
The blacks are so unprincipled themselves that they can imagine no such thing as principle or honor in others, and especially do these blacks distrust an Englishman whom the Germans have taught them to believe are the most treacherous and degraded of people.
High times, indeed, if unprincipled young rakes like him are to be permitted to invade the sanctity of domestic bliss; though do what the Bashaw will, he cannot keep the most notorious Lothario out of his bed; for, alas
 
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