- present tense form of scruple (3rd person singular).
scruples
Example Sentences
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Employees in these movies come to the conclusion their boss lacks scruples, boundaries or the qualifications to have the job.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 29, 2025
Some may have otherwise been stolen by Western visitors with less scruples to be sold on the lucrative European and American artefacts market.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2024
Executives at established tech giants might have their own honest scruples about where all of this is heading.
From Slate ● Nov. 27, 2023
“Nevertheless, the State’s capacity to legislate pursuant to its own moral scruples is necessarily curbed by the Kansas Constitution and its Bill of Rights.”
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 30, 2023
“Why, indeed; he does seem to have had some filial scruples on that head, as you will hear.”
From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen
Vocabulary lists containing scruples
"The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell
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"The Odyssey" by Homer, Books 19–24
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Charlotte's Web
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