unethical
/ʌnˈɛθɪkəl/
unethical adjective: breaching the established standards of conduct or behavior within a particular organization or profession.
Adjective
unethical (comparative more unethical, superlative most unethical)
- Breaching the established standards of conduct or behavior within a particular organization or profession.
- He was sacked for unethical conduct.
- The following potentially unethical coding practices are presented along with the standard from the AHIMA Standards of Ethical Coding that they may violate.2006, Laurinda B. Harman, Ethical Challenges in the Management of Health Information, →ISBN, page 104
- 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
- Synonyms:
- aberrant, corrupt, corrupted, depraved, lost, dirty-handed, dissolute, effete, errant, questionable
unethical meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Urdu and Telugu
unethical in Tamil
- நெறிமுறையற்றது, நெறிமுறை அற்றது
unethical in Marathi
- अनैतिक
unethical in Urdu
- غیراخلاقی
unethical in Telugu
- అనైతికమైనది
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- unethical in Malayalam
- സദാചാരത്തിനു നിരക്കാത്ത, അധാർമ്മികമായ, സദാചാരനിരപേക്ഷം, സന്മാർഗ്ഗേതരമായ
- unethical in Kannada
- ಅನೈತಿಕವಾದುದು, ಅನೈತಿಕವಾದದ್ದು
- unethical in Nepali
- चोर cor
Examples of unethical in a sentence
- However, occasionally one encounters unethical but not immoral practice, because in China, market regulations are neither sufficient nor regularly updated.2009, Nada Kakabadse, Andrew Kakabadse, Chen Yang, “The Chinese Boardroom: Roles, Dynamics and Relationships”, in Global Boards: One...
- For example, individuals accused of unethical conduct might challenge the decision rendered by an ethics review panel if they were displeased with the ethics review process or outcome.2017, Joseph Byrne, Administration Ethics: Executive Decisions in Canadian Healthcare, →ISBN, page 11:
Synonyms of unethical
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Forms of unethical
| comparative | more unethical |
|---|---|
| superlative | most unethical |
Origin of unethical
From un- + ethical.
Words formed from unethical
Questions about unethical
- What does unethical mean?
- Unethical means breaching the established standards of conduct or behavior within a particular organization or profession.
- What is unethical in Tamil?
- Unethical in Tamil is நெறிமுறையற்றது, நெறிமுறை அற்றது. See Unethical meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use unethical in a sentence?
- However, occasionally one encounters unethical but not immoral practice, because in China, market regulations are neither sufficient nor regularly updated.
- What part of speech is unethical?
- Unethical is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce unethical?
- Unethical is pronounced /ʌnˈɛθɪkəl/.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: unethical (page history and authors); unethical (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); unethical (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); unethical (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); unethical (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); unethical (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); unethical (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); चोर (Nepali) (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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