unscrupulousness
- noun
- /ʌnˈskruːpjələsnəs/
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- There was something vigorous, vivacious, and preposterous about his unscrupulousness, which made his persistent lying somehow absorbing.
Examples
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The upper stratum sees him, but thinks it can serve its own selfish purposes with him, and thus shoots us in the back more from unscrupulousness than stupidity.
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The railroads were huge ventures, each employing up to 40,000 workers and each with its own history of speed, efficiency, and unscrupulousness.
Fiction book (1999) -
However, words like prevarication, underhanded, unscrupulousness, devious, chicanery do spring to the top of my mind.
Blog text (12) -
The hole-and-corner way in which their businesses are conducted gives one a feeling of distrust, and they bear a name for utter unscrupulousness if they find themselves in a bad way.
Academic text (2005) -
Moreover, their rage grew immensely when the Qur'an revealed the deepest inclinations of their soul, their heartlessness, and unscrupulousness by which their ancestors had been commonly known.
Academic text (2015) -
They are, and have always been, the central comic relief of the whole play, and their ridiculous unscrupulousness always makes them audience favorites—they always get the biggest cheers and whistles at the end of a performance.
Blog text (13) -
The unscrupulousness of the company's executives shocked the public, as they prioritized profit over ethics.
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Her unscrupulousness in business dealings led to numerous lawsuits from clients who felt cheated.
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He was known for his unscrupulousness, often bending the rules to gain an unfair advantage in competitions.
Synonyms
46
3.2
Actions like lying, cheating, or stealing
36
4.6
A situation where people lose moral principles and act badly
3
8.8
A way of hiding the truth by pretending to be less involved
3
9.9
To accept bribes and use power for personal gain
2
6.5
Trying to make other people believe something that is not true
2
7.0
Secret actions that are dishonest or unfair to get what you want
2
9.9
Dishonest actions such as lying, cheating, or stealing
1
8.7
Dishonest behaviour that aims to get money or other unfair personal gain
1
6.9
Dishonest or secret behavior that seems against the law
1
8.1
Being dishonest and unfair in a way that harms others
1
6.2
A habit of being dishonest and breaking rules to get money or power
1
7.2
A quality that makes something seem true when it is false
1
7.1
Dishonest behavior of pretending one thing but doing another
1
6.3
Dishonest behavior in business or money matters
1
6.9
Dishonest behavior by a person or group
A very unfair way of acting that shows no care for what is right
Actions that cheat people to get their money
Behavior that hides the truth to mislead people
Antonyms
How Unprincipled
Surface Forms
Morphology
unscrupulousness = unscrupulous (transparent) = un + scrupulous + ness
Formed by adding the noun-forming suffix '-ness' to the recognisable adjective 'unscrupulous', yielding the state or quality of being unscrupulous.
Etymology
Unscrupulousness comes from un- meaning 'not' and scruple, a word for a hesitation about what is 'right and wrong' that originally meant a 'small sharp stone' that makes you stop. So unscrupulousness is the quality of having no hesitation about right and wrong, acting without shame.