unethical

1. 1.

   not conforming to approved standards of social or professional behavior

   “unethical business practices”

   Antonymsethical

Questions about unethical

What does unethical mean?

unethical means "not conforming to approved standards of social or professional behavior".

How many syllables are in unethical?

unethical has 4 syllables: u-net-hi-cal. The stress falls on "net". In IPA it is /əˈnɛθɪkəl/.

What is the opposite of unethical?

The recorded antonyms are ethical.

Is unethical a common word?

unethical is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.