amoral
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Amoral, selfish, careerist people tend to uncritically support people they see as useful to them, even if the latter are causing extraordinary harm.
From Slate • Feb. 20, 2020
Amoral is a very unusual word in politics—the preferred term is immoral—but it was a favorite locution of Huntsman’s father, who used it to describe the Nixon White House.
From Slate • Sep. 7, 2018
"Amoral" does not cover the ground on which he now stands.
From New York Times • Sep. 23, 2016
Amoral and/or bored corners of the Internet have been searching the data dump in pursuit of any sensational name—Hollywood actor, congressman, religious figure, PTA leader—but so far, no fancy people have been widely identified.
From Slate • Aug. 19, 2015
For it rests upon the assumption embodied in the couplet— Amoral, sensible, and well-bred man Will not affront me, and no other can.
From The Galaxy Vol. XXIII?March, 1877.?No. 3 by Various
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