Unscrupulous Meaning
/ˌʌnˈskɹuːpjʊləs/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjWithout scruples; immoral.
adjContemptuous of what is right or honorable.
Sentence Examples
An unscrupulous person would sell even his own mother down the river.
What percentage of all taxi drivers make unscrupulous detours, do you think?
A lot of people think this politician is an unscrupulous careerist.
Synonyms & Antonyms
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The salesman lied to customers to make a sale, showing he was totally ____.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The company was accused of using ____ methods to gain an advantage over its rivals in the local market today.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English scrupulous English unscrupulous From un- + scrupulous.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"The real difficulty is with the vast wealth and power in the hands of the few and the unscrupulous who represent or control capital."
— 1888, Rutherford B. Hayes, edited by Charles Richard Williams, Diary and Letters of Rutherford Birchard Hayes, volume IV, Ohio State Archæological and Historical Society, published 1925, page 374:
"Nazism, they wrote, had turned German youth into godless, shameless, unscrupulous murderers."
— 2016, Doris L. Bergen, “Flashover: The Killing Centers, 1942-1944”, in War and Genocide: A Concise History of the Holocaust, page 272:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The salesman lied to customers to make a sale, showing he was totally ____.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The company was accused of using ____ methods to gain an advantage over its rivals in the local market today.