unscrupulous

1. 1.

   without scruples or principles

   “unscrupulous politicos who would be happy to sell...their country in order to gain power”

   Antonymsscrupulous

Questions about unscrupulous

What does unscrupulous mean?

unscrupulous means "without scruples or principles".

How many syllables are in unscrupulous?

unscrupulous has 4 syllables: un-scru-pu-lous. The stress falls on "scru". In IPA it is /ənˈskɹupjələs/.

What is the opposite of unscrupulous?

The recorded antonyms are scrupulous.

Is unscrupulous a common word?

unscrupulous is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with unscrupulous?