unmoral

adjective

Definition of unmoralnext
as in unethical

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unmoral
  1. unethical
  2. unprincipled
  3. unscrupulous
  4. dishonest
  5. cutthroat
  6. corrupt
  7. crooked
  8. depraved
Adjective
  • Without acquiring advanced consent, this practice is not only unethical but severely impacts consumer confidence in the brand.
    Thomas Zawacki, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
  • Their goal was to investigate and stop unethical conduct by public officials.
    Jacob Orledge, ProPublica, 6 Jan. 2025
Definition of unethical
Adjective
  • Objective voters who watched the recent documentary about Lev Parnas, once a Trump ally, should fear a redux of a Cabinet running the government for an angry, unhinged, unprincipled man.
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 1 Oct. 2024
  • All of this coincided with a period of unprincipled practices in the media.
    Meg Walters, Glamour, 20 Nov. 2024
Definition of unprincipled
Adjective
  • Meanwhile, unscrupulous vendors avoid inspections and zoning laws, often preparing food in unsanitary apartments or closed restaurants.
    John Murn, New York Daily News, 4 Jan. 2025
  • One year ago, a violent mob, guided by unscrupulous politicians, stormed the Capitol and almost succeeded in preventing the democratic transfer of power.
    The New York Times, New York Times, 30 Dec. 2024
Definition of unscrupulous
Adjective
  • Growing shares in each party describe those in the other party as more closed-minded, dishonest, immoral and unintelligent than other Americans.
    NBC News, NBC News, 22 Dec. 2024
  • The police department says the most recent investigation showed Cpt. Danita Pettis was dishonest, entered false payroll information, and was insubordinate.
    Sharon Coolidge, Cincinnati Enquirer, 12 Dec. 2024
Definition of dishonest
Adjective
  • Another factor in the cutthroat Nantucket rental market is the community divide over short-term leases—which broadly boils down to the tension between overcrowding and traffic and being a hospitality town that depends on tourism.
    Hannah Seligson, Robb Report, 26 Nov. 2024
  • The Major League Baseball Players’ Association petitioned a New York trial court last week to confirm an arbitration award against Rimas Sports executives in a move that draws attention to the competitive, if not cutthroat, world of player agents.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 18 Nov. 2024
Definition of cutthroat
Adjective
  • The essential modern text is Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, the 2010 Supreme Court decision that equates money with speech, resulting in an ever more corrupt system of campaign finance.
    David Remnick, The New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2025
  • The only alternative to withdrawal was defending a pathetically inept and corrupt government in Kabul until the sun exploded, which was really no alternative at all.
    Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Jan. 2025
Definition of corrupt
Adjective
  • And though a second, thick stucco layer with bits of cork was an insulation novelty imported from Italy, its properties meant that the walls could remain authentically crooked.
    Julie Lasky, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
  • What he’s actually done is fake his death to create a template for a new life by stealing $90 million from a client of his crooked law firm.
    Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 8 Jan. 2025
Definition of crooked
Adjective
  • The catalyzing incident here is the disappearance of a teen girl, which of course turns into a much larger investigation of more widespread and depraved criminality, as these cases always do on TV.
    Margaret Lyons, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2024
  • The depravity of human greed at its most despicable and depraved on full display.
    Erik Kain, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
Definition of depraved
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