(a.) Being without principles; especially, being without right moral principles; also, characterized by absence of principle.
Example Sentences:
(1) An unprincipled coward with the backbone of an amoeba."
(2) And Miliband, through his distaste for much of what New Labour did, “made it acceptable for Labour to rubbish its own achievements and treat winning elections as unprincipled”.
(3) , that argues Australia’s approach to human rights “too often has been passive and, of greater concern ... at times ... inconsistent and unprincipled”.
(4) Why Livingstone is not recognised as one of the most unprincipled demagogues in Britain after this performance – why, indeed, Labour has not expelled him – is one of the wonders of the age.
(5) We’re talking about a very positive response by the public in terms of determination to register and vote but, you know, this has been one of the most vicious, unprincipled, vulgar and violent election exercises I have ever witnessed,” Soyinka reflected sadly.
(6) Femi Fani-Kayode, spokesman for the PDP presidential campaign, told Nigeria’s Channels television: “One thing we can all agree on is this is a very close election, probably the closest election in the history of Nigeria , but we believe at the end of the day we will pull through.” Nigerian laureate Wole Soyinka laments ‘vicious, unprincipled’ election Read more He complained of irregularities, however, including alleged APC voters who were underage or brought in from neighbouring Chad and Niger.
(7) Annas discusses the importance of In re A.C. in situations where physicians turn to the courts to force compliance from competent pregnant women, a use of the judiciary that Annas calls "counterproductive, unprincipled, sexist, and repressive."
(8) If the Tories really want a cynical unprincipled opportunist as leader, at least they know where to look.
(9) We have waited 10 years to be told that the Russian leader, Vladimir Putin, is an unprincipled thug.
(10) Strong commitment at the center of the party to deals seen as unscrupulous and unprincipled by supporters was a train wreck waiting to happen.
(11) People call him wolf; he’s seen as unprincipled and rapacious,” said Louisa Lim, a Hong Kong native and author of People’s Republic of Amnesia, a book about the 1989 Tiananmen protests.
(12) I hope parliament will also debate seriously the delegation of the payment of a welfare benefit from a department of state to a public broadcaster, and reject this unprincipled move.
(13) In his view, the judges "justified their brutal and unprincipled opinion on the basis that [A.C.] was almost dead," and therefore the fetus's interests outweighed hers.
(14) Cameron laughs, takes a beat to consider how to answer, then effectively endorses her characterisation of Johnson as a man driven only by his unprincipled ambition: “It was a very good debate.
(15) None of these changes can be expected under the influence of Donald Trump, who sees the truth as tractable, promotes his sexism and narcissism as assets, and in the end, is excessively volatile and unprincipled.
(16) All Scandinavian countries are fond of looking down on their neighbours as unprincipled.
(17) George Galloway has launched a furious attack on Ed Miliband, describing the Labour leader as "an unprincipled coward with the backbone of an amoeba", after the Respect MP was criticised by him.
(18) Such a situation would be unsettlingly reminiscent of 1936, when the centre and the left – notably in France – temporarily halted the swing to fascism but formed an unprincipled and ineffective coalition.
(19) It is of no legal consequence because as everybody knows in the Westminster system other than with a reserve power the governor general acts on the advice of his or her ministers.” In a pitch to crossbench senators considering the motion, Abetz said: “It is disgraceful, it is beyond belief, that the Labor party has become so unprincipled in their defence of corrupt union activity that they would go down this track and I trust that the independent senators will not fall for that stunt by Labor.” The Greens are likely to support the motion, meaning Labor needs support from four of the eight crossbench senators to pass it.
(20) Nor did Obama have much to say in a speech dominated by nitty-gritty domestic concerns on the other big international issues of the day, whether the problem be climate change (mostly ignored) or China's unprincipled rise (skirted around).
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.