How to Use unscrupulous in a Sentence

unscrupulous

adjective

• The two seem shady and unscrupulous right from the start, and sure enough, things quickly go downhill from there.
  — Bryan Bishop, The Verge, 31 Oct. 2018
• There is a lot of leeway for the unscrupulous not simply to bend the rules but to obliterate them.
  — Lindsay Schnell, USA TODAY, 30 Sep. 2017
• At the same time, some unscrupulous home care agencies will surely find ways to game the new system.
  — Howard Gleckman, Forbes, 5 May 2023
• The terms of the contract were outrageous by any standard — hence the term unscrupulous.
  — Kathleen Elaine Angione, Sun Sentinel, 26 June 2024
• But many unscrupulous/criminal sellers may go to great lengths to hide the fact that their car has been in a flood.
  — Josh Max, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2021
• The unscrupulous smugglers are quick to adapt to any change in U.S. policy.
  — Dallas News, 25 Mar. 2021
• As in other parts of the world, unscrupulous lenders prey on the most vulnerable.
  — The Economist, 2 Nov. 2017
• But Rosas swapping him for Finch just a few hours after the firing was an unscrupulous move.
  — Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Feb. 2021
• An unscrupulous one will be tempted to play the moment for cheap emotion.
  — Avi Selk, Washington Post, 31 Dec. 2022
• Many of these projects were low quality at best, unscrupulous at best worst.
  — Natasha Frost, Quartz, 15 Jan. 2020
• The unscrupulous leader had no interest in bettering the lot of the poor.
  — Steve Donoghue, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 May 2018
• Plucked from her Alaskan habitat by the unscrupulous jocks of the McCain campaign, small-town Sarah struggles in the jangling world of prime time.
  — James Parker, The Atlantic, 1 Oct. 2024
• There are more details of unscrupulous behavior, but the savvy reader gets the point.
  — Lauren Ritchie, OrlandoSentinel.com, 15 Sep. 2017
• In the story about a duo that scams the elderly, González plays Fran, the astute partner in life and crime to Pike’s unscrupulous Marla.
  — Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2021
• Both seek out unscrupulous lawyer Billy Flynn (Matt Reher) to get off the hook.
  — Hugh Hunter, Philly.com, 8 July 2018
• Renard, the unscrupulous leader of Joshua’s group, rapes a teenage girl whom Joshua had befriended, and frames Free Ray, a former slave, for the act.
  — Tim Diovanni, Dallas News, 17 Aug. 2021
• There are many ways an unscrupulous person can gain access to a Wi-Fi network.
  — Steve Alexander, Star Tribune, 28 Feb. 2021
• Credit here the unscrupulous McLaren and his nose for the carnivalesque.
  — James Parker, The Atlantic, 6 Mar. 2020
• Yes, of course this might grow platforms for some people who are a little unscrupulous, and might not need the attention.
  — Addie Morfoot, Variety, 6 Feb. 2024
• Or will your hand be forced, perhaps by an unscrupulous landlord?
  — Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 June 2024
• It’s the job of governments to erect the guard rails needed to protect the public from unscrupulous companies.
  — Sam Abuelsamid, Forbes, 23 May 2022
• Even our favs are subject to unscrupulous treatment in the music business, too.
  — Felice León, Essence, 14 June 2023
• White’s lawyer Lynne Ciani told jurors her client was the victim of an unscrupulous accountant.
  — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 2 May 2022
• Some unscrupulous types take advantage of the legal gray area.
  — Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2024
• Racist and unscrupulous lenders tried to block the purchase by doubling the down payment requirement a week before closing the deal.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Nov. 2021
• You can also get scammed by fly-by-night schemes run by unscrupulous stock promoters.
  — Jason Zweig, WSJ, 8 Oct. 2021
• The data could be used by unscrupulous parties against the U.S. military.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 30 Dec. 2019
• Those are the talking points of an unscrupulous industry.
  — Maloy Moore, latimes.com, 25 June 2019
• The Electoral College has not worked as Dickinson hoped, to protect the people from unscrupulous politicians.
  — Jane E. Calvert / Made By History, TIME, 18 Oct. 2024
• It has been pillaged, wounded, dragged into an aggressive war, and turned into a prison run by the most unscrupulous and deceitful scoundrels.
  — Alexei Navalny, The New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 12 Dec 2024