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unprincipled Definition

un·prin·ci·pled (un prinsə pəld)

adjective

characterized by lack of moral principles; unscrupulous

  • unpriced
  • unprimed
  • unprincely
unprincipled Synonyms

unprincipled

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unprincipled Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • man: Note that he is called righteous, in contrast to the " unprincipled men " whose conduct oppressed him.
  • people: Ambitious and unprincipled people have seen a demand among the public for a conservative opposition.
  • campaigner: The Lib Dems are simply the most unprincipled campaigners in the business.
  • mean: Unprincipled means: Third section was corrupted by imposing Michael supporters on lists, against the wishes of constituencies.
  • bloc: Appealing to ' inconsistency ' as justification for an unprincipled theoretical bloc signifies giving oneself bad credentials as a Marxist.
  • compromise: Given the nature of this layer in the movement, they are inevitably prone to unprincipled compromise.

Modifying Another Word

  • so: If it were not so unprincipled and shameful it would be laughable and pathetic.
  • totally: Said one of his editors: Bob is rude, crude, unlettered, and totally unprincipled in the ordinary sense.
  • apparently: We also have principles, even the most apparently unprincipled will have areas to which they are not prepared to go.
unprincipled Quotes

A product of the untalented, sold by the unprincipled to the utterly bewildered.

—Capp, Al originally Alfred Gerald Caplin