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synonyms for unscrupulous
- corrupt
- crafty
- crooked
- deceitful
- dishonest
- illegal
- petty
- ruthless
- selfish
- shady
- shameless
- underhanded
- unethical
- venal
- arrant
- base
- casuistic
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- degraded
- degrading
- disgraceful
- dishonorable
- down and dirty
- exploitative
- improper
- low-down
- mercenary
- perfidious
- questionable
- recreant
- scandalous
- scheming
- self-seeking
- shifty
- sinister
- slippery
- sly
- two-faced
- unconscientious
- unconscionable
- underhand
- unfair
- unprincipled
- unworthy
- wicked
- wrongful
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How to use unscrupulous in a sentence
Periodic permissions checks protect you against potentially unscrupulous app developers and give you more control over your privacy.
Some experts, echoing concerns expressed in the 1980s, worry that physician dispensing could open the door for unscrupulous practices—and warp the decision-making of even well-meaning physicians.
What happens when your doctor and pharmacist are the same person | Michael Schulson/Undark | October 18, 2021 | Popular-ScienceHe also said agents should avoid detaining immigrants who land on their radar because they spoke out against “unscrupulous” landlords or employers, or at public demonstrations.
DHS issues new arrest and deportation guidelines to immigration agents | Maria Sacchetti | September 30, 2021 | Washington Post
In her 2018 book, “Manufactured Insecurity,” Sullivan investigates the vulnerabilities and emotional stress that mobile home residents face in parks operated by unscrupulous or greedy managers.
Extreme heat is killing people in Arizona’s mobile homes | Karen Peterson | July 2, 2021 | Washington PostThe section of the law at issue was amended in 1973 to allow the FTC to seek a court-ordered “permanent injunction” against unscrupulous practices.
Supreme Court unanimous that FTC lacked authority to recover billions for consumers | Robert Barnes, Rachel Lerman | April 22, 2021 | Washington PostOr a modernized Tarzan might lead African miners on strike against unscrupulous multinationals.
Can Tarzan of the Apes Survive in a Post-Colonial World? | Ted Gioia | November 23, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIt was all part of the unscrupulous technique of “monstering” critics of the Murdoch empire wherever they were.
Murdoch on the Rocks: How a Lone Reporter Revealed the Mogul's Tabloid Terror Machine | Clive Irving | August 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBarely Legal Pawn stars the duo as unscrupulous, possibly deranged pawnshop employees.
Shark-Eating Monsters, the Kid Emmys, and More Viral Videos | The Daily Beast Video | August 24, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTReligions and ideologies are unscrupulous in their use of the past.
Safe within his mountaintop fortress, Escobar grew bolder and more unscrupulous.
Pablo Escobar’s Private Prison Is Now Run by Monks for Senior Citizens | Jeff Campagna | June 7, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe thought so, at least, as he laughed and agreed with her, saying Tony was an unscrupulous rascal at the best of times.
The Wave | Algernon BlackwoodIn London some years before, she had been the pupil of a learned minister, who had become an infidel, and also unscrupulous.
The Homesteader | Oscar MicheauxHe usually wore his pale-grey felt hat at a slight angle, and had the air of the easy-going adventurer, debonair and unscrupulous.
The Doctor of Pimlico | William Le QueuxHe may be a friend of yours—he may be a dear friend—but in your heart you know that he is both unscrupulous and selfish.
The Double Four | E. Phillips OppenheimGibbon fancies he was at one time an unscrupulous bacon dealer, and that he finally did considerable business in religious gammon.
Our Churches and Chapels | Atticus
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