unscrupulous
Syllables: un·scru·pu·lous/ˌʌnˈskɹuːpjʊləs/
unscrupulous adjective: without scruples; immoral.
Adjective
unscrupulous (comparative more unscrupulous, superlative most unscrupulous)
- 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.1888, Rutherford B. Hayes, edited by Charles Richard Williams, Diary and Letters of Rutherford Birchard Hayes, volume IV, Ohio State Archæological and Historical Society, published 1925, page 374
- Nazism, they wrote, had turned German youth into godless, shameless, unscrupulous murderers.2016, Doris L. Bergen, “Flashover: The Killing Centers, 1942-1944”, in War and Genocide: A Concise History of the Holocaust, page 272
- Contemptuous of what is right or honorable.
unscrupulous meaning in Urdu, Malayalam and Kannada
unscrupulous in Urdu
- بےمراسم, بےپرواہ
unscrupulous in Malayalam
- ആദർശരഹിതമായ
unscrupulous in Kannada
- ಕಟ್ಟಲೆತಪ್ಪಿದ, ಕಟ್ಟುನಿಟ್ಟಿಲ್ಲದ
Examples of unscrupulous in a sentence
- Never trust in the partly unscrupulous and partly dysfunctional state apparatus.
- Unscrupulous companies use this cheap trick to get customers to buy a larger package than they need.
- The unscrupulous landlord rebottled cheap sparkling wines as vintage champagne.
Antonyms of unscrupulous
Forms of unscrupulous
| comparative | more unscrupulous |
|---|---|
| superlative | most unscrupulous |
Origin of unscrupulous
From un- + scrupulous.
Words formed from unscrupulous
Questions about unscrupulous
- What does unscrupulous mean?
- Unscrupulous means without scruples; immoral.
- What is unscrupulous in Urdu?
- Unscrupulous in Urdu is بےمراسم, بےپرواہ. See Unscrupulous meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is unscrupulous?
- Unscrupulous is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce unscrupulous?
- Unscrupulous is pronounced /ˌʌnˈskɹuːpjʊləs/.
Words near unscrupulous in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: unscrupulous (page history and authors); unscrupulous (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); unscrupulous (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); unscrupulous (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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