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unethic

unethic is the archaic form of unethical.

Meaning of unethical

Adjective

unethical (comparative more unethical, superlative most unethical)

  1. Breaching the established standards of conduct or behavior within a particular organization or profession.
    • He was sacked for unethical conduct.
  2. Immoral, morally wrong.
    • The Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research in San Antonio, Texas is one of only a handful of sites around the world that conduct medical research on great apes. Scientists say their research is conducted humanely, but many animal rights groups say testing on chimps is unneeded and unethical.2011 June 2, “The Science And Ethics Of Research On Chimps”, in NPR.org, retrieved 12 Nov 2022

Forms of unethic

comparativemore unethic
superlativemost unethic

Questions about unethic

What is unethic the archaic form of?
Unethic is the archaic form of unethical.

Words near unethic in the dictionary

  1. unestopped
  2. unestranged
  3. unetched
  4. uneternal
  5. unethereal
  6. unethic
  7. unethical
  8. unethicalities
  9. unethicality
  10. unethically
  11. unethicalness

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Adapted from Wiktionary: unethic (page history and authors); unethical (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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