unprincipled

[US]/ʌn'prɪnsɪp(ə)ld/
[UK]/ʌn'prɪnsəpld/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. lacking moral principles, shameless, dishonest, lacking principles

Example Sentences

an unprincipled person

the public's dislike of unprincipled press behaviour.

Real-world Examples

Her prophets are unprincipled; they are treacherous people. Her priests profane the sanctuary and do violence to the law.

Source: 36 Zephaniah Musical Bible Theater Version - NIV

" I am very bad and unprincipled-I know you think that" !

Source: The Unnamed Jude (Middle)

[Reporter] Lorch even appeared in the BAN documentary complaining about unprincipled recyclers.

Source: Space – Verge Science

In a few years his unprincipled wife warped the probity of a lifetime.

Source: Ah, pioneers!

She must be an unprincipled one, or she could not have used your brother so.

Source: Northanger Abbey (original version)

Giacinta was unprincipled and violent: I tired of her in three months.

Source: Jane Eyre (Original Version)

Shaw was generally surrounded by such worthless characters, being himself noted as a gambler and unprincipled man.

Source: Twelve Years a Slave

" Well" -Jude for a moment felt an unprincipled and fiendish wish to annihilate his rival at all cost.

Source: The Unnamed Jude (Middle)

Mr. Lee accused Mr. Johnson of pursuing a damaging withdrawal from the European Union in unprincipled ways, and of " putting lives and livelihoods at risk."

Source: New York Times

The Israeli leader Menachem Begin called him unprincipled, avaricious, heartless and lacking in human feeling after he said that Germans living in a divided nation should feel sympathy for Palestinian self-determination.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

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