Unprincipled

Word UNPRINCIPLED
Character 12
Hyphenation un prin ci pled
Pronunciations /ʌnˈpɹɪnsɪpəld/

Definitions and meanings of "Unprincipled"

What do we mean by unprincipled?

Lacking principles or moral scruples; unscrupulous. adjective

Not having settled principles; not grounded in principle.

Having no sound moral principles; destitute of virtue; not restrained by conscience; profligate; immoral.

Not resulting from good principles; iniquitous; wicked.

Being without principles; especially, being without right moral principles; also, characterized by absence of principle. adjective

Lacking moral values adjective

Having little or no integrity adjective

Lacking principles or moral scruples adjective

Lacking moral values

Synonyms and Antonyms for Unprincipled

The word "unprincipled" in example sentences

He's in real danger of being defined as unprincipled, be it in how he campaigns or the fact he's turned himself into Bush III. ❋ Unknown (2009)

He must be not only easy-going, but unprincipled, -- unprincipled, that is, rather in the sense of having no particular principles of any kind than in that of possessing and practising notoriously bad ones. ❋ Various (N/A)

"These two top Tories are what my father - himself an Old Etonian - would have called unprincipled spivs," he said. ❋ Tim Ross (2011)

Those that want to win at the cost of any and all principles can unequivocally be considered "unprincipled". ❋ Unknown (2009)

I'm not ready to label "unprincipled" legislators that permit you to have your own money. ❋ Unknown (2009)

We HAVE to TAKE control of our govenment, not feel honored that Obama felt the need to reiterate his lies again to a bunch of what, what are they Mr. Sargent - a group of "unprincipled" Dems who want to know WHY Obama flip-flopped but get nothing in the way a earnest, worthwhile explanation? ❋ Unknown (2009)

It is too easy to blame the British government for an "unprincipled" stance. ❋ Unknown (2009)

This not only makes a mockery of due process; it also leaves the government -- and Home Secretary Jacqui Smith in particular -- looking like the last bastion of the kind of unprincipled and unfettered executive power embraced by former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney and his chief of staff David Addington, the architects of the "War on Terror." ❋ Unknown (2009)

Thanks for your reply and apologies for misinterpreting the "unprincipled" reference. ❋ Unknown (2009)

It seems to me that "unprincipled" is one of those words (like "moderate" or "responsible") that mean a million different things in a million different mouths. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I wouldn't be hurling stones with "unprincipled" written on them at Obama, considering Clinton's behavior during this campaign. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Hillary's turning on a dime and undoing a life time of good works that she's done on race relations tells you EVERYTHING you need to know about what kind of unprincipled, ends-justifies-the-means president she'd be. ❋ Unknown (2009)

This bullshit about Hillary being "unprincipled" or "only interested in winning" makes my skin crawl. ❋ Unknown (2009)

But that's one reason why we tell this story repeatedly, the story of the "unprincipled" God who values what others don't notice, who relates to people we'd all rather forget, whose appeal is to everyone because he has made everyone capable of loving response. ❋ Unknown (2008)

But the whole point is that the believer doesn't want to talk about economics, only to ask an "unprincipled" question – tomake sure that principles don't simply block out actual human faces and stories. ❋ Unknown (2008)

What kind of unprincipled individual would steal such a note and reveal its contents to the world? they fretted. ❋ Unknown (2008)

That kind of unprincipled flexibility to give it as positive a spin as I can is not all bad in a politician. ❋ Ann Althouse (2008)

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