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[ uhn-prin-suh-puhld ] / ʌnˈprɪn sə pəld / SEE SYNONYMS FOR unprincipled ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivelacking or not based on moral scruples or principles: an unprincipled person; unprincipled behavior. not instructed in the principles of something (usually followed by in). Origin of unprincipledFirst recorded in 1625–35; un-1 + principled SYNONYMS FOR unprincipledSEE SYNONYMS FOR unprincipled ON THESAURUS.COM synonym study for unprincipled1. See unscrupulous. OTHER WORDS FROM unprincipledun·prin·ci·pled·ness, nounWords nearby unprincipledunpremeditated, unprepared, unprepossessing, unpretentious, unpriced, unprincipled, unprintable, unprison, unprizable, unprocessed, unproductive Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for unprincipledRefusing to do so on the basis of ethnic solidarity is an unprincipled copout. Three Cheers for a Settlement Boycott|Hussein Ibish|March 21, 2012|DAILY BEAST In politics, impractical positions count as inherently … unprincipled. Stop Rewriting Thanksgiving—and the Rest of History|Michael Medved|November 25, 2011|DAILY BEAST How did BP become an unprincipled bottom-line operator ready to cut any corners for profit? Why Is BP's Former Boss a U.K. Hero?|Clive Irving|June 10, 2010|DAILY BEAST Anything more high-minded than an unprincipled grab for power voters might consider a sham. Our Gutless Turn-Tail Politics|Lee Siegel|January 9, 2010|DAILY BEAST
There is not a single good woman in the book: the officers' wives are licentious, unprincipled, and eaten up with social ambition. Essays on Russian Novelists|William Lyon Phelps To the uninitiated this operation is a mystery, and to the unprincipled it is apparently the device long looked for. Magic, Stage Illusions and Scientific Diversions Including Trick Photography|Albert A. Hopkins You, the most notorious and unprincipled villain in the city. The Bride of the Tomb and Queenie's Terrible Secret|Mrs. Alexander McVeigh Miller He knew her to be worldly and he thought her to be unprincipled. The Way We Live Now|Anthony Trollope The motives and conduct of this unprincipled politician have often been misrepresented. The History of England from the Accession of James II.|Thomas Babington Macaulay
British Dictionary definitions for unprincipled
adjectivelacking moral principles; unscrupulous (foll by in) archaic not versed in the principles of (a subject) Derived forms of unprincipledunprincipledness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to unprincipleddeceitful, unscrupulous, immoral, unprofessional, dishonest, unconscionable, unethical, amoral, abandoned, bent, cheating, crooked, devious, dissolute, double-dealing, licentious, profligate, reprobate, shady, sly |