virtueless

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Adjective
  • That morning, on the day of his exam, looking up at the stone façades, Gabriel suddenly realized that this was a place that existed not despite but because of the iniquitous history exhibited here.
    Daisy Hildyard, The New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2024
  • Palestinian leaders rejected the 1947 UN Partition Plan for its iniquitous terms, but then accepted partition on significantly less advantageous terms in 1988.
    Hussein Agha, Foreign Affairs, 16 Feb. 2021
Adjective
  • This was not out of choice: After his capture and before his execution, Höss was ordered to write his memoir, giving an insight into the workings of a mind that was both ordinary and chillingly evil.
    Saskya Vandoorne, CNN, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Nietzsche’s treatise criticizes philosophers who rest their moral framework on the assumption that good and evil are opposites.
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 13 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Spears writes of these unrighteous men matter-of-factly, avoiding the ad hominem attack, except for an occasional delicious arrow, including a recollection of the eternally white Timberlake meeting one of his rap heroes.
    Stephen Rodrick, Variety, 24 Oct. 2023
  • He’s gone through buzzard-hot streaks and some slumps, at times taking wholly unrighteous shots, and none of that matters to the shooting guard.
    Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 23 Apr. 2021
Adjective
  • The trial culminated in the dramatic display of her thong before the jury, paired with descriptions of her as manipulative and immoral.
    Kristen Waggoner, Newsweek, 21 Jan. 2025
  • 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
Adjective
  • However, Orlok is secretly an agent of evil who haunts Hutter’s new wife Ellen (Lily-Rose Depp) into lustful submission.
    Rudie Obias, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Jan. 2025
  • Furthermore, the film hinges on the passionate, lustful romance between Fiennes and Mol, a fire that supposedly burns for over 14 years, but the palpable lack of chemistry between the two leads renders the love story completely ineffective.
    Vikram Murthi, Vulture, 21 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Many such stories also contain the suggestion, sometimes explicit, that the old civilization was unbearably corrupt and that its violent collapse was overdue.
    Jennifer Szalai, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2025
  • For many years, a radical and corrupt establishment has extracted power and wealth from our citizens, while the pillars of our society lay broken and seemingly in complete disrepair.
    Saman Shafiq, USA TODAY, 21 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • His wicked knuckle-curve pairs with a 96-mph fastball.
    Phil Rogers, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2025
  • His wicked point shot is just what Coach Carbs needs for his system of double screens of the goalie.
    Shayna Goldman, The Athletic, 16 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Rose found a loophole in the state’s policy barring the change of gender markers by declaring a lost license.
    Trans Formations Project, Them, 17 Jan. 2025
  • And because she’s perceived as nearly unbreakable, when sorrow does slip through her eyes in a lost stare or a weighted silence, Torres’ expression is beautifully gutting.
    Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2025
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“Virtueless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/virtueless. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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