How to Use unscrupulous in a Sentence

unscrupulous

adjective
  • Many of these projects were low quality at best, unscrupulous at best worst.
    — Natasha Frost, Quartz, 15 Jan. 2020
  • Or will your hand be forced, perhaps by an unscrupulous landlord?
    — Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 June 2024
  • 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
  • An unscrupulous one will be tempted to play the moment for cheap emotion.
    — Avi Selk, Washington Post, 31 Dec. 2022
  • You can also get scammed by fly-by-night schemes run by unscrupulous stock promoters.
    — Jason Zweig, WSJ, 8 Oct. 2021
  • At the same time, some unscrupulous home care agencies will surely find ways to game the new system.
    — Howard Gleckman, Forbes, 5 May 2023
  • 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
  • This gives way to even more unscrupulous sourcing practices, like armed robbery.
    — refinery29.com, 9 June 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
  • Some unscrupulous types take advantage of the legal gray area.
    — Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2024
  • But his channel is more than just dousing unscrupulous people with glitter and fart spray.
    — Brett Molina, USA Today, 13 May 2021
  • As in other parts of the world, unscrupulous lenders prey on the most vulnerable.
    — The Economist, 2 Nov. 2017
  • Cars with keys or key fobs left inside could mean instant transportation for the unscrupulous.
    — Tim Harlow, Star Tribune, 29 Jan. 2021
  • There are more details of unscrupulous behavior, but the savvy reader gets the point.
    — Lauren Ritchie, OrlandoSentinel.com, 15 Sep. 2017
  • The terms of the contract were outrageous by any standard — hence the term unscrupulous.
    — Kathleen Elaine Angione, Sun Sentinel, 26 June 2024
  • Even our favs are subject to unscrupulous treatment in the music business, too.
    — Felice León, Essence, 14 June 2023
  • State medical boards serve as the first line of defense against unscrupulous physicians.
    — Annie Waldman, ProPublica, 9 Aug. 2023
  • And some unscrupulous companies are banking on your burnout.
    — Christopher Elliott, USA Today, 26 June 2026
  • The team was also ripped off by unscrupulous traders and corrupt officials.
    — Nicolas Niarchos, The New Yorker, 24 May 2021
  • Charlie sets out to retrieve the child, even though doing so will put him at odds with unscrupulous men on both sides of the border.
    — Alexander Nazaryan, New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Worse, the law is now being used by unscrupulous lawyers and doctors to stage phony accidents.
    — John Faso, New York Daily News, 7 Apr. 2025
  • But there are suspicions some unscrupulous builders may have ducked on these rules with the help of corrupt officials.
    — Time, Time, 23 Sep. 2017
  • There are many ways an unscrupulous person can gain access to a Wi-Fi network.
    — Steve Alexander, Star Tribune, 28 Feb. 2021
  • Yet many of them are duped, taken abroad and dumped by unscrupulous men posing as agents, according to activists.
    — Mel Paramasivan, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Sep. 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
  • The unscrupulous leader had no interest in bettering the lot of the poor.
    — Steve Donoghue, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 May 2018
  • 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
  • Huge demand and unscrupulous sellers have affected the price of eclipse glasses as well.
    — Nick Thieme, Slate Magazine, 18 Aug. 2017
  • That’s not the case with wares peddled on the streets by often unscrupulous operators.
    — Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2019
  • His skill brings him to the attention of Robert Vaughn, an unscrupulous one-man cartel.
    — Arthur Knight, HollywoodReporter, 7 July 2025

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