unethicaladj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈɛθᵻkl/, U.S. /ˌənˈɛθək(ə)l/ (un- prefix1 1.)
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the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > immorality > [adjective]
unlawfula1387
unprincipled1644
immoral1660
unmoralized1668
non-moral1858
moralless1869
unethic1871
unethical1871
messy1914
society > morality > moral evil > [adjective] > immoral or unethical
unlawfula1387
viciousc1386
immoral1660
unmoralized1668
non-moral1858
unethic1871
unethical1871
messy1914
1871 E. B. Tylor Primitive Culture II. 94 The savage, unethical doctrine of continuance.
1879 H. Spencer Data of Ethics xi. §68. 187 Ethics has to recognize the truth, recognized in unethical thought, that egoism comes before altruism.
1882 Pall Mal G. 15 July 4/2 The intermingling of so unethical a people with..societies of European blood.
Derivatives
unˈethicalness n.
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the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > immorality > [noun]
immorality?1566
non-morality1857
unethicalness1886
society > morality > moral evil > [noun] > immorality
immorality?1566
non-morality1857
unethicalness1886
1886 W. S. Lilly in Fortn. Rev. 591 How can we predicate ethicalness or unethicalness of a thing?
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unˈethically adv.
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society > morality > moral evil > [adverb] > immorally or unethically
viciouslya1325
immorally1727
unethically1929
1929 W. H. Taft in U.S. Rep. (Supreme Court) 277 439 Without the sanction of an Act of Congress, federal courts have no discretion to exclude evidence, the admission of which is not unconstitutional, because it was unethically procured.
1982 J. Dunning Deadline iii. 31 A piece of junk mail, prepared by computer from lists that magazines so unethically sell to anyone who will buy them.
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adj.1871