unethical
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Synonyms
bad, black, dark, evil, immoral, iniquitous, nefarious, rotten, sinful, unlawful, unrighteous, unsavory, vicious, vile, villainous, wicked, wrong
Antonyms
decent, ethical, good, honest, honorable, just, moral, right, righteous, sublime, upright, virtuous
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For a while now, hospitality industry trade bodies have been calling out food-service aggregators (FSA) such as Zomato, Swiggy, Nearbuy, Dineout, EazyDiner, and Magicpin for their unethical business practices. — Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz India, "Indian restaurants have forced Zomato to change its recipe—and customers are left with a sour taste," 21 Aug. 2019 In addition to Cummins’s statement, ProPublica obtained text messages and an e-mail composed by former Brewer employees in March, 2018, that alleged unethical behavior by the firm. — Mike Spies, The New Yorker, "New Documents Raise Ethical and Billing Concerns About the N.R.A.’s Outside Counsel," 30 July 2019 In addition to Cummins’ statement, ProPublica obtained text messages and email composed by former Brewer employees in March 2018 that alleged unethical behavior by the firm. — Mike Spies, ProPublica, "New Documents Raise Ethical and Billing Concerns About the NRA’s Outside Counsel," 30 July 2019 What is ethical to one may be unethical to another. — National Geographic, "Is the food appropriate and safely provided?," 31 July 2019 When the vast majority of production is unethical, consumption is, too. — Kate Wagner, Curbed, "The budget furniture dilemma," 24 July 2019 The government has conducted highly unethical drug tests on human subjects. — Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, "The American Paranoia of Stranger Things 3," 4 July 2019 Those duties go beyond enforcing laws that ban unethical behavior such as using your state job for personal gain. — Jon Lender, courant.com, "Jon Lender: New state ethics director chosen for shrinking watchdog agency," 25 July 2019 Cambridge Analytica, which worked for Trump’s 2016 campaign, is now facing questions about alleged unethical practices, including charges that the firm improperly handled the data of tens of millions of Facebook users. — Karla Adam, Washington Post, "Bannon oversaw Cambridge Analytica’s collection of Facebook data, according to former employee," 20 Mar. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'unethical.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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