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UNSCRUPULOUS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Without scruples or principles

Example:

unscrupulous politicos who would be happy to sell...their country in order to gain power

Classified under:

Adjectives

Also:

unprincipled (lacking principles or moral scruples)

Antonym:

scrupulous (having scruples; arising from a sense of right and wrong; principled)

Derivation:

unscrupulousness (the quality of unscrupulous dishonesty)

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