How to Use unethical in a Sentence

unethical

adjective

• In the midst of unethical conduct, many of us are tempted to look the other way.
  — Wsj Books Staff, WSJ, 30 Nov. 2022
• Many of those kinds of studies would be unethical to do.
  — John Fauber, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 18 Dec. 2017
• From the looks of it, a hug doesn’t begin to cover the unethical behaviors to come.
  — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 12 Oct. 2021
• Jiankui was sent to prison for three years in China for his unethical practices.
  — Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 7 Feb. 2023
• All of this brings us to the consideration of whether the end, indeed, justifies the means when the means are unethical and may cost lives.
  — David Wiegand, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 Jan. 2018
• To use it instead for a single head transplant with a slim chance of success is unethical.
  — Paul Root Wolpe, Vox, 2 Apr. 2018
• That would be unethical for me and below my standard as a person.
  — Michael R. Wickline, Arkansas Online, 29 Sep. 2022
• The news will doubtless provoke wry smiles at Bombardier after all the hoo-hah over unethical dumping of its planes in the U.S. market.
  — Alan Murray, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2017
• This is unjust, unethical, and a breach of my contract with PPFA.
  — Fox News, 17 Sep. 2019
• And nothing about the payment from the DNC is unethical or improper.
  — Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 3 Feb. 2018
• And bias related to rationing in the midst of the pandemic has led, in part, to other unethical practices.
  — Lynn Varco, Star Tribune, 24 Aug. 2020
• From this point of view, a technology that helps some people but puts others out of a job would be deemed unethical.
  — Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2023
• But the birds came to the zoo as adults, probably around 3 years old, and the institution considered the practice unethical for birds of their age.
  — Daniel Victor, New York Times, 27 June 2018
• For every unethical act, there is a universe where the moral path is being followed.
  — Paul M. Sutter, Discover Magazine, 3 Apr. 2024
• This isn't the first time that people on this show used some pretty unethical business practices.
  — Matt Miller, Esquire, 16 Jan. 2018
• Such exploitation isn’t just unethical—it’s against the law.
  — Lyndsay Winkley, sandiegouniontribune.com, 9 July 2018
• The state has also sought to add guardrails to protect consumers from unethical uses of AI systems.
  — Scott Cohn, CNBC, 12 July 2024
• When Annalise discovered just how unethical Wallace was, the two clash and Wallace arranges for her to be hit by a car.
  — Alamin Yohannes, EW.com, 25 Sep. 2019
• There are also proven ways to avoid these unethical extras.
  — Christopher Elliott, USA TODAY, 3 June 2024
• That’s led some contractors to feel their work is unethical, according to the people with knowledge of the matter.
  — Sarah Frier, Fortune, 13 Aug. 2019
• But there is enough unethical agent conduct that schools are desperate for help.
  — USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2017
• Some might argue that collecting 80 hours’ worth of pay for work completed in 40 hours is greedy and unethical.
  — Karla L. Miller, Washington Post, 6 Oct. 2022
• If the prisoners would not benefit, the study would be unethical.
  — New York Times, 4 June 2018
• It’s not necessarily unethical to strive for the best deal for yourself or your team.
  — George Bradt, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2021
• Second, the problem of flawed CISG guidelines cannot simply be fixed by the removal of a single unethical researcher.
  — Kathleen Bachynski, STAT, 26 Oct. 2022
• Celebrity collectors have been burned to the tune of millions of dollars and unethical dealers jailed.
  — Paul Croughton, Robb Report, 6 Aug. 2023
• The Murray news comes at a time the NHL is examining its culture and the good-old-boys ethos that for decades promoted the coverup of bad or unethical behavior.
  — Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2021
• Of course, there are instances where unethical behavior could be at play.
  — Molly Burford, Glamour, 6 Sep. 2019
• The aim was to see how institutions — both public and private — would react to a president giving unlawful or unethical orders.
  — Byron Tau, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2025
• Factory workers would rally behind a universal rule to end unethical practices.
  — Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 4 Feb. 2025

Last Updated: 1 Mar 2025