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unscrupulous

adjective

  1. not meticulous/principled
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Pronunciation: /ˌʌnˈskɹuːpjʊləs/

adj

Etymology: 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.

  1. Without scruples; immoral.

    The real difficulty is with the vast wealth and power in the hands of the few and the unscrupulous who represent or control capital.

    Nazism, they wrote, had turned German youth into godless, shameless, unscrupulous murderers.

  2. Contemptuous of what is right or honorable.