unscrupulous
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Synonyms & Antonyms for unscrupulous
Synonyms
cutthroat, immoral, Machiavellian, unconscionable, unethical, unprincipled
Antonyms
ethical, moral, principled, scrupulous
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So practice some economy of your own, and stop sharing a convenient fiction that unscrupulous ride-hailing startups used to bamboozle regulators seven years ago. — Owen Thomas, SFChronicle.com, "Nobody’s sharing anything in an Uber: The insidious spin behind ‘ridesharing’," 4 Sep. 2019 Officials determined that some unscrupulous doctors were issuing the exemptions to anti-vaccine-minded parents, sometimes for hefty fees. — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, "Anti-vaxxer livestreamed alleged assault on pro-vaccine lawmaker," 22 Aug. 2019 Public health advocates say the situation highlights a loophole in California’s vaccine law, allowing unscrupulous doctors to sell fake or inappropriate exemptions without much fear of consequences. — Dustin Gardiner, SFChronicle.com, "Parents block California’s effort to investigate ‘fake’ vaccine exemptions," 12 Aug. 2019 To protect renters from rent gouging by unscrupulous landlords, another (AB 1482) would place modest limits on excessive rent hikes. — Derecka Mehrens, The Mercury News, "Opinion: Cupertino illustrates why California must act to solve housing crisis," 10 July 2019 Council members said their goals were weeding out unscrupulous operators who overcharge tourists, while restoring peace and safety to the downtown waterfront by limiting noise and prohibiting carnival-style flashing lights. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "San Diego’s pedicab crackdown getting mixed reviews," 28 July 2019 Decades of bipartisan mismanagement and corruption, unscrupulous financial schemes hatched on Wall Street and purposeful neglect by the U.S. Congress crippled the island well before Hurricane Maria. — Time, "This is Puerto Rico's Moment for Real Change," 25 July 2019 That allowed unscrupulous operators to go undetected. — Washington Post, "Florida ‘pill mills’ were ‘gas on the fire’ of opioid crisis," 20 July 2019 The show, produced by Mike Nichols, won seven Tonys in all, including best musical and best actress in a musical for Dorothy Loudon, who originated the role of unscrupulous, boozing orphanage administrator Miss Hannigan. — Suzy Evans, The Hollywood Reporter, "Martin Charnin, Tony-Winning Creator of 'Annie,' Dies at 84," 7 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'unscrupulous.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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