compunction

Example Sentences

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 16, 2025

Party leader Olivier Faure said that he would have no compunction about supporting a new vote of censure, if offending parts of the budget are not removed.

From BBC • Oct. 16, 2025

They are part of nature, and therefore something that can be mined without compunction.

From Salon • May 26, 2025

An Oscar winner for “Argo” and veteran editor of such movies as “Zero Dark Thirty,” “Heat” and “The Imitation Game,” Goldenberg had no compunction about letting so many cooks into the kitchen.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2024

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