unprincipled
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The careers of men like Charles Ponzi, Jesse Livermore, and Ivan Boesky remind us that one unprincipled gambler can still cause immense damage to respectable shareholders, the market itself, and even the nation.
From Barron's ● Mar. 1, 2026
First, there’s the popular 2007 soap opera “Paraíso Tropical,” in which he played an unprincipled businessman.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 3, 2025
During the 1990s he privately criticized the “barbarians” brought in by a new editor, Tina Brown, but admitted to Garrison Keillor his “own unprincipled connivance with the Tina regime.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2025
"No-one can accuse me of not delivering, of bending under pressure or being unprincipled."
From BBC ● Mar. 13, 2023
Although not illegal, indulging in the so-called grandmaster draw—in which neither player strives to win but, rather, halves the point after a few inconsequential moves have been made—bordered on unprincipled behavior.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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