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unprincipled

/ʌnˈpɹɪnsɪpəld/

unprincipled adjective: lacking moral values.

Adjective

unprincipled (comparative more unprincipled, superlative most unprincipled)

  1. Lacking moral values.
    • But side by side with it was a baser conspiracy, among the more unprincipled and desperate friends of James, for the assassination of the King.1890, James Franck Bright, edited by Rivingtons, A History of England, →ISBN, page 853
    • That’s what Joe Biden did. His pardon of his son Hunter was understandable from a paternal perspective (what father wants to see his son in prison?), but it was inexcusably unprincipled.2025 January 23, David French, “Donald Trump Is Running Riot”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 Jan 2025
    Synonyms:
    licentious, immoral

unprincipled meaning in Urdu, Malayalam and Kannada

unprincipled in Urdu

unprincipled
ابن الوقت ibn-ul-vaqt

unprincipled in Malayalam

നെറിയില്ലാത്ത, ആദർശശൂന്യമായ, അപ്രാമാണ്യമായ, തത്ത്വദീക്ഷയില്ലാത്ത

unprincipled in Kannada

ಅಡಿಕಟ್ಟಲೆಯಿಲ್ಲದ, ಅಡಿನನ್ನಿಯಿಲ್ಲದ, ಕಟ್ಟಲೆತಪ್ಪಿದ, ತತ್ವರಹಿತ, ನೀತಿರಹಿತ, ನಿಯಮಶೂನ್ಯ

Synonyms of unprincipled

Forms of unprincipled

comparativemore unprincipled
superlativemost unprincipled

Origin of unprincipled

From un- + principled.

Words formed from unprincipled

Questions about unprincipled

What does unprincipled mean?
Unprincipled means lacking moral values.
What is unprincipled in Urdu?
Unprincipled in Urdu is ابن الوقت (ibn-ul-vaqt). See Unprincipled meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is unprincipled?
Unprincipled is an adjective.
How do you pronounce unprincipled?
Unprincipled is pronounced /ʌnˈpɹɪnsɪpəld/ (US).

Words near unprincipled in the dictionary

  1. unprincesslike
  2. unprincessly
  3. unprincessy
  4. unprincipal
  5. unprinciple
  6. unprincipled
  7. unprincipledly
  8. unprincipledness
  9. unprinciples
  10. unprincipling
  11. unprint

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Adapted from Wiktionary: unprincipled (page history and authors); ابن الوقت (Urdu) (page history and authors); unprincipled (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); unprincipled (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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