An unscrupulous person would sell even his own mother down the river.
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Unscrupulous
//ˌʌnˈskɹuːpjʊləs//
Synonyms for "unscrupulous" (87 found)
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Related words (43)
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Antonyms
4 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesderived from
2 entriesrelated to
7 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
54 translations across 27 languages.
Azerbaijani
2 entries- insafsız adj (without scruples)
- vicdansız adj (without scruples)
Bulgarian
1 entries- безскрупулен adj (without scruples)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 不擇手段的 /不择手段的 adj (contemptuous of what is right or honourable)
- 肆無忌憚 /肆无忌惮 adj (without scruples)
Czech
3 entries- bezcharakterní adj (contemptuous of what is right or honourable)
- bezohledný adj (without scruples)
- bezskrupulózní adj (without scruples)
Danish
1 entries- skrupelløs adj (without scruples)
Dutch
2 entries- gewetenloos adj (without scruples)
- onscrupuleus adj (without scruples)
Estonian
2 entries- siivutu adj (without scruples)
- sündsusetu adj (contemptuous of what is right or honourable)
Finnish
2 entries- häikäilemätön adj (without scruples)
- häikäilemätön adj (contemptuous of what is right or honourable)
French
3 entries- inscrupuleux adj (without scruples)
- peu scrupuleux adj (without scruples)
- sans scrupule adj (without scruples)
Galician
1 entries- sen escrúpulos adj (without scruples)
German
4 entries- bedenkenlos adj (without scruples)
- gewissenlos adj (without scruples)
- hemmungslos adj (without scruples)
- rücksichtslos adj (without scruples)
Greek
1 entries- αδίστακτος adj (contemptuous of what is right or honourable)
Hungarian
3 entries- gátlástalan adj (contemptuous of what is right or honourable)
- lelkiismeretlen adj (without scruples)
- lelkiismeretlen adj (contemptuous of what is right or honourable)
Icelandic
1 entries- samviskulaus adj (without scruples)
Irish
1 entries- gan scrupall adj (without scruples)
Italian
1 entries- senza scrupoli adj (without scruples)
Macedonian
4 entries- бескрупуло́зен adj (without scruples)
- беспри́нципен adj (without scruples)
- бессо́весен adj (without scruples)
- непринципие́лен adj (without scruples)
Māori
2 entries- kōroiroi adj (contemptuous of what is right or honourable)
- kōroiroii adj (without scruples)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- skruppelløs adj (without scruples)
- skruppelløs adj (contemptuous of what is right or honourable)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- skruppellaus adj (without scruples)
- skruppellaus adj (contemptuous of what is right or honourable)
Polish
1 entries- bez skrupułów adj (without scruples)
Portuguese
1 entries- inescrupuloso adj (without scruples)
Russian
1 entries- беспринци́пный adj (without scruples)
Spanish
2 entries- desaprensivo adj (contemptuous of what is right or honourable)
- inescrupuloso adj (without scruples)
Swedish
1 entries- skrupelfri adj (without scruples)
Turkish
3 entries- ahlaksız adj (without scruples)
- terbiyesiz adj (without scruples)
- vicdansız adj (without scruples)
Uyghur
1 entries- ۋىجدانسىز adj (without scruples)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
What percentage of all taxi drivers make unscrupulous detours, do you think?
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Tom's unscrupulous.
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Tom is unscrupulous.
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