What's the difference between conscientious and unscrupulous?

Conscientious


Definition:

  • (a.) Influenced by conscience; governed by a strict regard to the dictates of conscience, or by the known or supposed rules of right and wrong; -- said of a person.
  • (a.) Characterized by a regard to conscience; conformed to the dictates of conscience; -- said of actions.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) A series of hierarchical multiple regressions revealed the effects of Surgency, Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, Emotional Stability, and Intellect on evoking upset in spouses through condescension (e.g., treating spouse as stupid or inferior), possessiveness (demanding too much time and attention), abuse (slapping spouse), unfaithfulness (having sex with others), inconsiderateness (leaving toilet seat up), moodiness (crying a lot), alcohol abuse (drinking too much alcohol), emotional constriction (hiding emotions to act tough), and self-centeredness (acting selfishly).
  • (2) A much more important factor was the well organized program for preparation of the patients, skillfully carried out by a conscientious staff.
  • (3) Four patients died of cirrhosis of the liver: two of them had not taken the drugs conscientiously.
  • (4) • This article was amended on 10 September 2013 to correct the number of conscientious objectors in the first world war from 6,000 to 16,000 and to clarify that conscientious objectors were not executed.
  • (5) For example, more than 40% of the critical incidents pertained to the conscientiousness dimension.
  • (6) Three constructs of TUA were identified: passive fatalistic, egoistic, and conscientious.
  • (7) Consistent and conscientious nursing care and assessments are known to have significant impact on the morbidity and mortality associated with increased intracranial pressure.
  • (8) Anyone who attended one of the many conferences dedicated to his work observed how conscientiously he listened to every paper (whether by a famous thinker or a graduate student), took careful notes, and asked polite but searching questions.
  • (9) Most major institutions now have qualified and credentialed laboratory animal medicine specialists directing their programs, conscientious and responsive animal care and use committees overseeing and evaluating animal welfare, and qualified, well-trained animal care staff and investigators.
  • (10) Their personalities are characterized by conscientiousness, reliability and industriousness.
  • (11) Laboratory experience prior to clinical use is mandatory and takes several months of conscientious application.
  • (12) It is, therefore, not possible to perform this job on a side-line, as it would be a fulltime job to be a conscientious school physician.
  • (13) "She is very warm and frank, and when she is talking to people she conscientiously listens to what they have to say," said Wu Qing, a retired professor of Beijing Foreign Studies University who met Obama on Sunday.
  • (14) Good clinical practice will permit the conscientious optometrist to identify those patients who have very early signs of this disease.
  • (15) She apparently thought she could “conscientiously object” and keep the perks of the job she conscientiously objects to performing at the same time.
  • (16) The difference manifesting itself in the barbiturate elimination among diabetic and non-diabetic pregnancies, draws attention to the conscientious selection of drugs and doses employed in the course of narcosis during Caesarean section.
  • (17) As these agents become more effective, especially against long-wave UV radiation, and as patients begin to use them more conscientiously, we should experience a decrease in skin cancer rates.
  • (18) Powell's world is well supplied with pubs without being beery, and there are times when the streets are thronged with well-born paupers conscientiously dodging their creditors.
  • (19) Asked by Young if she was a conscientious student, May said: “I’m afraid so, yes.
  • (20) Emphasis is placed on careful and conscientious decisions by the young woman who wants an abortion and the important people in her environment who will affect her decision to abort.

Unscrupulous


Definition:

  • (a.) Not scrupulous; unprincipled.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Hypnosis might be looked upon as a method by which an unscrupulous person could sustain such a state of powerlessness in a victim.
  • (2) Free speech has protected hate speech, and opponents of censorship have consistantly defended the rights of unscrupulous populists and incendiarists.
  • (3) A health committee meeting in Sacramento, the state capital, on Wednesday turned into a tense showdown between lawmakers seeking to argue that the science is unequivocally on the side of universal vaccination, and activists accusing them of being in the pocket of unscrupulous big pharmaceutical companies.
  • (4) That would be a nice box-ticking exercise for an unscrupulous council and dodgy developers and a big two fingers for concerned environmentalists.
  • (5) A lot of the problems hark back to these unscrupulous brokers who didn’t have any real interest in education.
  • (6) However, many fear that candidates are focusing on fraud in an unscrupulous attempt to set the ground for complaints if they lose, and risk discouraging voters and discrediting the entire election process along the way.
  • (7) Milliken, author of a report on rhino-horn consumption in Vietnam , also expressed concerns about the end-user market: "One wonders if unscrupulous dealers in these markets will not simply employ some means to 'bleach' them to back to a 'normal' appearance and continue raking in high profits."
  • (8) MPs accuse Sir Philip Green of being an 'unscrupulous chancer' Read more “I think if Philip had assisted us, we could have saved BHS.” Chappell said that Green called in £35m of debt owed to Arcadia after finding out that BHS was trying to reach a rescue deal with Sports Direct, thereby blocking the deal.
  • (9) "It seems to be used by younger kids who don't have access to illicit substances, like those who can't afford cocaine and are being targeted by unscrupulous dealers," Winstock said.
  • (10) I am not saying that all wellness programs are surveillance programs, but what we are seeing with the current status of the law, they do have that potential for unscrupulous employers to use them as a way to check on their employees and investigate the health of their employees.” Optional versus affordable The employers and the various companies behind the wellness programs point out that all wellness programs are optional.
  • (11) Limited opportunities for safe and regular migration drive would-be migrants into the hands of smugglers, feeding an unscrupulous trade that threatens the lives of desperate people.
  • (12) Often, they had been recruited by unscrupulous agents in their home countries who then demanded repayment of loans and found them jobs on far lower wages than promised.
  • (13) When he’s cornered, Johnson accuses others of his own vices, as unscrupulous journalists always do.
  • (14) They have agreed to tackle unscrupulous labour contractors who may traffic children, and collectively report grievances to government agencies and the police.
  • (15) In the popular memory, it goes back at least as far as the 18th century, when unscrupulous Polish nobles betrayed the country by allying themselves with Catherine the Great.
  • (16) Its most enthusiastic supporter was the coup plotter James Goldsmith, one of the most unscrupulous asset strippers of that time.
  • (17) That is not the fault of migrants – it’s the failure of government.” He blamed unscrupulous employers and government spending cuts for the impact of immigration on the public.
  • (18) And he also fears that some of the more unscrupulous operators might use this issue as “another excuse” to persuade hirers to take the firm’s expensive extra insurance.
  • (19) An insider in the tobacco industry has revealed some of the unscrupulous tactics it is using to avoid new restrictions governing the marketing of cigarettes that come into force next month.
  • (20) The Mail on Sunday said highly sensitive information including customers’ earnings, savings, mortgages, health issues and insurance policies ended up in the hands of unscrupulous brokers.