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单词 unscrupulous
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Definition of unscrupulous in English:

unscrupulous

adjectiveʌnˈskruːpjʊləsˌənˈskrupjələs
  • Having or showing no moral principles; not honest or fair.

    unscrupulous landlords might be tempted to harass existing tenants
    Example sentencesExamples
    • There are lots of grey areas in this industry which many unscrupulous traders love to exploit.
    • Polley said the move would stop unscrupulous business owners from selling imported beef as Scots-produced.
    • As I stated above proper claims are welcomed as they stop unscrupulous people and employers from exploiting people.
    • People don't like some of the tactics adopted by some unscrupulous evangelists to get people to convert.
    • The small transport boats sink, or unscrupulous captains force their passengers into the sea.
    • It is also true there are unscrupulous persons who would exploit the image and story of Mandela.
    • The heyday of the unscrupulous mercenary type dawned when the colonial powers pulled out of Africa leaving chaos behind.
    • The commission system is open to abuse by unscrupulous advisers who recommend unsuitable plans because they pay more.
    • Very often these unscrupulous people will just dump the rubbish.
    • The situation has not been helped by unscrupulous landlords renting out property to anybody no matter what their history.
    • As a result, many people lost money, some no doubt cheated by unscrupulous speculators.
    • These unscrupulous rulers violated every principle of Islam to survive in power.
    • I have taken great umbrage at the portrayal of scientists as unscrupulous and unethical.
    • Religions come into disrepute when manipulated by unscrupulous politicians.
    • It's not much of a gift, especially if some unscrupulous person was able to exploit it for their own wicked advantage.
    • Thus, some unscrupulous types are getting rich off kids' unfulfillable dreams.
    • He began copying because he was sick of paying money for inferior material to unscrupulous dealers and considered it his hobby.
    • He is ruthless, ambitious, unscrupulous, a threat to the region and a tyrant to his people but that does not make him a terrorist.
    • Mrs Strong said that unscrupulous landlords in the area were attracting unruly tenants.
    • If this waste material had a simple, cheap dye put in it the indelible stain would prevent it ever being sold on by unscrupulous dealers.
    Synonyms
    unprincipled, unethical, immoral, amoral, conscienceless, untrustworthy, shameless, reprobate, exploitative, corrupt, corrupted, dishonest, fraudulent, cheating, dishonourable, deceitful, devious, underhand, guileful, cunning, furtive, sly, wrongdoing, unsavoury, disreputable, improper, bad, evil, wicked, villainous, roguish, sinful, ignoble, degenerate, venal
    informal crooked, shady, shifty, slippery
    British informal dodgy
    archaic dastardly

Derivatives

  • unscrupulously

  • adverbʌnˈskruːpjʊləsliˌənˈskrupjələsli
    • People who unscrupulously dispose of old cars by selling them cheaply to young people have been accused of ‘effectively handing them lethal weapons’.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Rather unscrupulously, Rudy decides to pose as his best friend Nick (who was stabbed a few days before his release) in order to enjoy the festive period with Ashley, Nick's unfeasibly attractive love interest.
      • That powerful interests in society act unscrupulously without checks and balances on their power is a lesson that we would do well to remember when considering the direction one wing of the Socialist movement took in 1917.
      • It's terrible to think that civic-minded people doing their bit for the environment are being penalised by the despicable actions of some, who unscrupulously use the bottle bank for something other than its sole purpose.
      • The capital unscrupulously pumped from poor neighborhoods by way of predatory loans whizzes along a high-speed financial pipeline to Wall Street to be used for investment.
  • unscrupulousness

  • nounʌnˈskruːpjʊləsnəsˌənˈskrupjələsnəs
    • It was, according to Balzac, a world in which talent counted for nothing, and bribery, intrigue and unscrupulousness were the key factors in success.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Few Prime Ministers have ever been more sincere in their piety, and few have been capable of greater deviousness or even unscrupulousness.
      • But he finds - dear me, how distressing - that talent counts for nothing in comparison to money, intrigue, and unscrupulousness.
      • And yet these are also the people whose evasiveness and unscrupulousness makes them the least likely to be affected by a geographically bounded anti-spam law.
      • The corrupt elements are usually successful in proportion to their astuteness and unscrupulousness.
 
 

Definition of unscrupulous in US English:

unscrupulous

adjectiveˌənˈskro͞opyələsˌənˈskrupjələs
  • Having or showing no moral principles; not honest or fair.

    unscrupulous landlords might be tempted to harass existing tenants
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Mrs Strong said that unscrupulous landlords in the area were attracting unruly tenants.
    • Polley said the move would stop unscrupulous business owners from selling imported beef as Scots-produced.
    • These unscrupulous rulers violated every principle of Islam to survive in power.
    • If this waste material had a simple, cheap dye put in it the indelible stain would prevent it ever being sold on by unscrupulous dealers.
    • The situation has not been helped by unscrupulous landlords renting out property to anybody no matter what their history.
    • People don't like some of the tactics adopted by some unscrupulous evangelists to get people to convert.
    • Religions come into disrepute when manipulated by unscrupulous politicians.
    • He began copying because he was sick of paying money for inferior material to unscrupulous dealers and considered it his hobby.
    • As a result, many people lost money, some no doubt cheated by unscrupulous speculators.
    • I have taken great umbrage at the portrayal of scientists as unscrupulous and unethical.
    • Thus, some unscrupulous types are getting rich off kids' unfulfillable dreams.
    • He is ruthless, ambitious, unscrupulous, a threat to the region and a tyrant to his people but that does not make him a terrorist.
    • The small transport boats sink, or unscrupulous captains force their passengers into the sea.
    • Very often these unscrupulous people will just dump the rubbish.
    • It's not much of a gift, especially if some unscrupulous person was able to exploit it for their own wicked advantage.
    • There are lots of grey areas in this industry which many unscrupulous traders love to exploit.
    • The commission system is open to abuse by unscrupulous advisers who recommend unsuitable plans because they pay more.
    • It is also true there are unscrupulous persons who would exploit the image and story of Mandela.
    • As I stated above proper claims are welcomed as they stop unscrupulous people and employers from exploiting people.
    • The heyday of the unscrupulous mercenary type dawned when the colonial powers pulled out of Africa leaving chaos behind.
    Synonyms
    unprincipled, unethical, immoral, amoral, conscienceless, untrustworthy, shameless, reprobate, exploitative, corrupt, corrupted, dishonest, fraudulent, cheating, dishonourable, deceitful, devious, underhand, guileful, cunning, furtive, sly, wrongdoing, unsavoury, disreputable, improper, bad, evil, wicked, villainous, roguish, sinful, ignoble, degenerate, venal
 
 
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