unscrupulous

unscrupulous
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
adj. unprincipled, conscienceless, dishonest. See improbity.
II
(Roget's IV) modif.
Syn. unprincipled, unethical, immoral, base, perfidious, degraded, selfish, self-seeking, petty, dishonest, knavish, wicked, tortuous, disingenuous, slippery, Machiavellian, casuistic, improper, Jesuitic*, perjured, recreant, rascally, pettifogging, shifty, underhanded, two-faced, double-faced, sly, conscienceless, arrant, venal, dishonorable, corrupt, roguish, illegitimate, illegal, unfair, unorthodox, questionable, unworthy, scandalous, disgraceful, degrading, shameless, shady*.
Ant. honest*, scrupulous, fair-minded.
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) a.
[unSCROOPyoo lus]
unprincipled, immoral, unethical.
He was unscrupulous enough to steal all of the church's money.
SYN.: unprincipled, immoral, unethical, dishonest, dishonorable, without conscience, indifferent to right and wrong, corrupt, underhanded, criminal, antisocial.
ANT.: principled, moral, ethical, scrupulous
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) adjective Lacking scruples or principles: conscienceless, ruthless, unconscionable, unethical, unprincipled. See HONEST.

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