unscrupulousadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈskruːpjᵿləs/, U.S. /ˌənˈskrupjələs/ (un- prefix1 1.)
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > unscrupulousness > [adjective] > action
contra-conscient1618
unscrupulous1803
the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > unscrupulousness > unscrupulous person > [adjective]
conscienceless?c1425
unconscienced1467
unconscionable1568
inconscionablea1599
disconscient1641
unconscientious1649
unscrupulous1803
unscrupled1813
scrupleless1823
society > morality > moral evil > lack of principle or integrity > [adjective] > unscrupulous
conscienceless?c1425
unconscienced1467
unconscionable1568
inconscionablea1599
conscionless1607
disconscient1641
unconscientious1649
untendera1658
unscrupulous1803
any-lengthian1805
unscrupled1813
scrupleless1823
no good1838
sharky1858
society > morality > moral evil > lack of principle or integrity > [adjective] > unscrupulous > specifically of actions, etc.
unconscionable1492
conscienceless?1587
unconscientious1657
unscrupulous1803
unconscienced1888
1803 W. Godwin Life Chaucer II. xli. 265 A person..boundless in ambition, and unscrupulous in his choice of means for gratifying it.
1829 W. Scott Anne of Geierstein II. vii. 223 The priest took instant and unscrupulous possession of his seat of honour.
1871 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues II. 222 The worse he is the more unscrupulous he will be.
Derivatives
unˈscrupulously adv.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > unscrupulousness > [adverb]
unconsciencely?1449
unconscionably1583
consciencelesslya1603
inconscionably1634
contraconscientiously1648
unconscientiously1649
unscrupulously1833
society > morality > moral evil > lack of principle or integrity > [adverb] > unscrupulously
unconsciencely?1449
unconscionably1583
consciencelesslya1603
inconscionably1634
unconscientiously1649
untenderly1651
unscrupulously1833
1833 J. H. Newman Arians 4th Cent. iv. §ii. 315 This mere handful of divines unscrupulously pressing forward into the highest ecclesiastical stations.
1884 R. W. Church Bacon iii. 61 Lawyers..who unscrupulously pushed their way to preferment.
unˈscrupulousness n.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > unscrupulousness > [noun]
unconscionableness1607
unconscientiousness1674
inconscionableness1800
unscrupulousness1808
unscrupulosity1847
consciencelessness1857
society > morality > moral evil > lack of principle or integrity > [noun] > lack of scruple
unconscionableness1607
untendernessa1658
unconscientiousness1674
inconscionableness1800
unscrupulousness1808
unscrupulosity1847
consciencelessness1857
1808 W. Mitford Hist. Greece (new ed.) IV. 356 Their unscrupulousness in using the arbitrary powers of democratical government.
1879 F. W. Farrar Life & Work St. Paul II. ix. xxxviii. 248 The unscrupulousness of a worldly ecclesiasticism.
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adj.1803