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The synonyms of “Unscrupulous” are: unprincipled, unethical, immoral, amoral, conscienceless, untrustworthy, shameless, reprobate, exploitative, corrupt, corrupted, dishonest, fraudulent, cheating, dishonourable, deceitful, devious, underhand, guileful, cunning, furtive, sly, unsavoury, disreputable, improper, bad, evil, wicked, villainous, roguish, sinful, ignoble, degenerate, venal
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “unscrupulous” as an adjective can have the following definitions:
| amoral | Lacking a moral sense; unconcerned with the rightness or wrongness of something. An amoral attitude to sex. |
| bad | Feeling physical discomfort or pain tough is occasionally used colloquially for bad. Bad headaches. |
| cheating | Not faithful to a spouse or lover. |
| conscienceless | Lacking a conscience. A conscienceless villain. |
| corrupt | Lacking in integrity. A corrupt and incompetent city government. |
| corrupted | Containing errors or alterations. Spoke a corrupted version of the language. |
| cunning | Ingenious. Cunning men often pass for wise. |
| deceitful | Intended to deceive – S.T.Coleridge. She was a deceitful scheming little thing. |
| degenerate | Unrestrained by convention or morality. A degenerate form of a higher civilization. |
| devious | Deviating from a straight course. Used devious means to achieve success. |
| dishonest | Deceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive. Dishonest politicians. |
| dishonourable | Bringing shame or disgrace on someone or something. His crimes are petty and dishonourable. |
| disreputable | Not considered to be respectable in character or appearance. He was heavy grubby and vaguely disreputable. |
| evil | Of a force or spirit embodying or associated with the forces of the devil. His evil deeds. |
| exploitative | Tending to exploit or make use of. An exploitative form of labour. |
| fraudulent | Obtained, done by, or involving deception, especially criminal deception. Fraudulent share dealing. |
| furtive | Marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed. The look in his eyes became furtive. |
| guileful | Having or showing sly or cunning intelligence. A supremely guileful and deceptive politician. |
| ignoble | Not of the nobility. Ignoble feelings of intense jealousy. |
| immoral | Not conforming to accepted standards of morality. Unseemly and immoral behaviour. |
| improper | Not conforming to legality, moral law, or social convention. Improper banking practices. |
| reprobate | Deviating from what is considered moral or right or proper or good. Reprobate behaviour. |
| roguish | Characteristic of a dishonest or unprincipled person. He gave her a roguish smile. |
| shameless | (of a person or their conduct) characterized by or showing a lack of shame; barefaced or brazen. His shameless hypocrisy. |
| sinful | Far more than usual or expected. A sinful waste. |
| sly | Showing in an insinuating way that one has some secret knowledge that may be harmful or embarrassing. A sly manipulative woman. |
| underhand | With the palm of the hand upward or outward. Underhand dealings. |
| unethical | Not conforming to approved standards of social or professional behavior. It is unethical to torment any creature for entertainment. |
| unprincipled | Lacking principles or moral scruples. An unprincipled womanizer. |
| unsavoury | Morally offensive. They looked at the scanty unsavoury portions of food doled out to them. |
| untrustworthy | Not able to be relied on as honest or truthful. An untrustworthy person. |
| venal | Showing or motivated by susceptibility to bribery; corrupt. A venal police officer. |
| villainous | Extremely wicked. A villainous smell. |
| wicked | Extremely unpleasant. Despite the sun the wind outside was wicked. |
| acquisitive | Excessively interested in acquiring money or material things. An acquisitive mind. |
| avarice | Reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins. He was rich beyond the dreams of avarice. |
| avaricious | Having or showing an extreme greed for wealth or material gain. A corrupt and avaricious government. |
| browbeat | Intimidate (someone), typically into doing something, with stern or abusive words. A witness is being browbeaten under cross examination. |
| bully | Discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner; intimidate. He is a ranting domineering bully. |
| covetous | Showing extreme cupidity; painfully desirous of another’s advantages. Jealous of his success and covetous of his possessions. |
| covetousness | Reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins. |
| cupidity | Greed for money or possessions. New wealth however tainted by cupidity and egoism tends to be favourable for the arts. |
| defraud | Deprive of by deceit. He used a second identity to defraud the bank of thousands of pounds. |
| desirous | Having or expressing desire for something. The Pope was desirous of peace in Europe. |
| egocentric | An egocentric person. Egocentric loners with an overinflated sense of self worth. |
| envious | Showing extreme cupidity; painfully desirous of another’s advantages. An envious glance. |
| extortion | Unjust exaction (as by the misuse of authority. Extortion rackets. |
| grasping | Immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth. The lecture was beyond his most strenuous graspings. |
| greedy | (often followed by `for’) ardently or excessively desirous. He s scoffed the lot the greedy pig. |
| harassment | The act of tormenting by continued persistent attacks and criticism. So great was his harassment that he wanted to destroy his tormentors. |
| jealousy | Zealous vigilance. A sharp pang of jealousy. |
| lecherous | Given to excessive indulgence in sexual activity. A lecherous good for nothing. |
| lend | Have certain characteristics of qualities for something; be open or vulnerable to. Her presence lends a certain cachet to the company. |
| miser | A stingy hoarder of money and possessions often living miserably. A typical miser he hid his money in the house in various places. |
| miserly | (used of persons or behavior) characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity. He left a miserly tip. |
| moneylender | Someone who lends money at excessive rates of interest. |
| prehensile | Having a keen intellect. Prehensile employers stingy with raises for their employees. |
| rapacious | Living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey. A rapacious divorcee on the prowl. |
| ravening | (of a ferocious wild animal) extremely hungry and hunting for prey. They turned on each other like ravening wolves. |
| stigmatize | Mark with stigmata. She was stigmatized by society because she had a child out of wedlock. |
| swine | A contemptible or unpleasant person. What an arrogant unfeeling swine. |
| usury | An exorbitant or unlawful rate of interest. The medieval prohibition on usury. |
| victimize | Make a victim of. I was victimized by this con man. |
| voracious | Wanting or devouring great quantities of food. Voracious sharks. |
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