compunction

Example Sentences

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To do so, he calculated, would risk ongoing public spats with not just the most powerful man on the planet, but someone with near zero compunction when it comes to spectacularly falling out with people.

From BBC • Jan. 6, 2026

Still, with their seemingly limitless budget, the Dodgers have shown no compunction against excess.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 16, 2025

And he has shown that he will have no compunction about doing just that.

From Salon • Nov. 16, 2025

She’s unlike any other “Star Trek” protagonist with her pitch-dark past and lack of compunction about killing.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 24, 2025

Years later, I’d fall in love with a guy who, like Suzanne, stored his belongings in heaps and felt no compunction, really ever, to fold his clothes.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama