Synonyms for unscrupulous
- adjective
Most common
crooked dishonest unethical unprincipled immoral knavish unconscientious
All synonyms
Adjective
Definitions
- adj. 1
Without scruples; immoral.
Related words
- Word family
- unscrupulousness
Example sentences
- crooked The plants were growing crooked towards the window.
- dishonest At least he's honest about the fact he's dishonest.
- unethical Do you really think doing that would be unethical?
- unprincipled Do you think Tom is unprincipled?
- immoral Be immoral, cheat and steal. Such people live well.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| unscrupulous | steady | |
| crooked | rising | |
| dishonest | steady | |
| unethical | rising | |
| unprincipled | steady | |
| immoral | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 7 letters
- corrupt2, crooked2, immoral3, knavish
- 9 letters
- dishonest3, unethical4
- 12 letters
- dishonorable5, unprincipled4
- 13 letters
- dishonourable
- 15 letters
- unconscientious
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (corrupt2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- inscrupuleux
- Español
- inescrupuloso
- Deutsch
- skrupellos