unvirtuous

Example Sentences

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When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, many people, myself included, were worried about a repeat of this unvirtuous cycle.

From Slate • May 5, 2022

We could simply return to the unvirtuous cycle of panic to neglect and back again.

From Scientific American • Mar. 26, 2022

"If we can't replace the carers who leave, the work will fall on the others, and I fear an unvirtuous circle, with tiredness, exhaustion and an increase in absenteeism," he said.

From Reuters • Sep. 16, 2021

In contrast, kakistocracy was government by the unskilled, unknowledgeable and unvirtuous.

From The Guardian • Apr. 18, 2018

In 635 the King of Ts'u spoke of himself as "the unvirtuous" and the "royal old man"—designations both appropriate only to barbarians under Chinese ritual.

From Ancient China Simplified by Parker, Edward Harper