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US
/ənsˈkɹupjəɫəs/
]
[ UK /ʌnskɹˈuːpjʊləs/ ]
[ UK /ʌnskɹˈuːpjʊləs/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
without scruples or principles
unscrupulous politicos who would be happy to sell...their country in order to gain power
How To Use unscrupulous In A Sentence
- If to "get 'borked' was 'to be unscrupulously torpedoed by an opponent ... to get' miered '[i] s to be' unscrupulously torpedoed by an ally. ' Revolution
- The practices of the unscrupulous money changers stand indicted in the court of public opinion rejected by the minds and hearts of men.
- In December, experts warned that many retirees who do look to take their business elsewhere are being ripped off by unscrupulous brokers. Times, Sunday Times
- Campaigners for tenants' rights say that the number of unscrupulous letting agents exploiting tenants and landlords with underhand tactics has risen dramatically over the past two years. Times, Sunday Times
- A firm nexus has been established between amoral politicians, ambitious bureaucrats, unscrupulous businessmen and hardened criminals.
- Many pieces of priceless ivories, sculptures and gold coins were also sold to unscrupulous foreign dealers.
- It was a “Faustian bargain,” wrote one journalist, a “fiendishly complicated scheme,” in which the young liberal ministers sold their souls to a cabal of unscrupulous tycoons. The Return
- So Parliament offers no forum for considered debate and no brake on the unbridled ambition of an unscrupulous Prime Minister.
- Being cruel, guileful and unscrupulous, the terrorist committed all manners of crimes including murder and arson.
- Either solution fails if I'm unscrupulous, and willing to take personal risk by gaming the system.