unscrupulous
pronunciation
How to pronounce unscrupulous in British English:
UK [ʌnˈskru:pjələs]
How to pronounce unscrupulous in American English:
US [ʌnˈskrupjələs]
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- Adjective:
- without scruples or principles
- lacking honesty and oblivious to what is honorable
Word Origin
- unscrupulous (adj.)
- 1803, from un- (1) "not" + scrupulous (adj.). Related: Unscrupulously; unscrupulousness.
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Example
- 1. Other governments have difficulty tracking sales by unscrupulous weapons dealers too .
- 2. Multinationals should help bolster the rules of the game rather than pandering to the most unscrupulous players .
- 3. But it has also encouraged unscrupulous and frivolous litigants , and a legal industry that caters to them .
- 4. On the other are people who believe that americans are getting fatter because of powerful environmental factors like cheap corn , fast food , and unscrupulous advertising .
- 5. The one person robin assists financially is a knight who is about to lose his lands to the machinations of greedy and unscrupulous monks at an abbey .