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unscrupling

unscrupling adjective: not scrupling, without hesitation or reluctance.

Adjective

unscrupling (comparative more unscrupling, superlative most unscrupling)

  1. Not scrupling, without hesitation or reluctance.
    • Traitor! you, too, had best remember a solemn oath at that same period passed your lips, which bound you, soul and body, to my service ever—unscrupling to perform my pleasures, whether good or ill […]1809, William Dimond, The Foundling of the Forest, act I, scene 1
    • […] we therefore must in all humility and forbearance but still unscrupling firmness, maintain our ground in the full conviction of this truth.1892, James Chapman, “Ordination”, in Memorials of James Chapman, first Bishop of Colombo, London: Skeffington & Son, page 192

Forms of unscrupling

comparativemore unscrupling
superlativemost unscrupling

Questions about unscrupling

What does unscrupling mean?
Unscrupling means not scrupling, without hesitation or reluctance.
What part of speech is unscrupling?
Unscrupling is an adjective.

Words near unscrupling in the dictionary

  1. unscrunch
  2. unscrunched
  3. unscrunches
  4. unscrunching
  5. unscrupled
  6. unscrupling
  7. unscrupulosity
  8. unscrupulous
  9. unscrupulously
  10. unscrupulousness
  11. unscrutable

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