No. There is a certain amount of what I would politely call unscrupulousness in all of us. ❋ Joseph Conrad (1890)
Among the friends to whom I have read this play in manuscript are some of our own sex who are shocked at the "unscrupulousness," meaning the total disregard of masculine fastidiousness, with which the woman pursues her purpose. ❋ George Bernard Shaw (1903)
The pregnant fact was noted early by the teachers, that the immigrant boy easily outstrips in interest for his adopted home the native, who perchance turns up his nose at him, and later very likely complains of the "unscrupulousness" of the Jew, who forged ahead of him in business as well. ❋ Unknown (1881)
Trollope returned to England from Australia in 1872 and, disgusted by the unscrupulousness and greed he found one of whose features was easily secured mortgages, he wrote a satire attacking the shady financiers and those who kowtowed to them. ❋ Unknown (2012)
Not that anyone is out there branding those moving through the revolving door, as Orszag is, with the scarlet letters of unscrupulous behavior -- the point is that the revolving door itself bespeaks an unscrupulousness that simply goes unnoticed. ❋ Jason Linkins (2010)
Journalism is a long way from the callous unscrupulousness that Hecht and MacArthur romanticized — even some contemporary reporters found The Front Page to be defamatory caricature — but objective doesn't have to mean cautious and boring. ❋ Matthew Guerrieri (2008)
Worn by the years of exile, the acid sharpness of factions within the Party, the unscrupulousness with which they were fought out; worn out by the endless defeats, and the demoralization of the final victory? ❋ Thomas Plastino Martin (2010)
Then he declared that No. 1 was no accidental phenomenon, but the embodiment of a certain human characteristic -- namely, of an absolute belief in the infallibility of one's own conviction, from which he drew the strength for his complete unscrupulousness. ❋ Thomas Plastino Martin (2010)
Cameron needs to accept Brown's unscrupulousness & a media that still appears to be in thrall to the man. ❋ Unknown (2010)
There remains something Dickensian, in the best sense, about Jones's imagination: lost children, a diverse cast, unscrupulousness on the part of rich and poor alike. ❋ James Purdon (2010)
His violent nature, his invective, his unscrupulousness, are the chief cause of our social and political divisions. ❋ W.B. Yeats (2000)
Similarly, while I often make fun of bicycle marketing in general, the truth is even the most mendacious bike company probably wouldn't register on the scale of corporate unscrupulousness or greed. ❋ BikeSnobNYC (2009)
It is also because the unscrupulousness and the abuse of power witnessed in the entire process undermine the principles of justice and fairness in the system of higher education. ❋ Unknown (2009)
No doubt the history of our involvement in this land includes unscrupulousness and stupidity; no doubt the Vietcong feeds upon actual discontent and injustice. ❋ John Updike (2009)
You could be right-but I don't see that coming up through the Republican party-which btw is on the death bed because they never realized the street smart,or unscrupulousness they were up against. ❋ Ann Althouse (2009)
If the latter, his characteristics include persuasiveness, popularity, style and accomplishment, while selfishness, unscrupulousness and rebellion are among his alleged vices. ❋ Unknown (2008)
Cedricswan doesn't like the unscrupulousness in [booty].
[Xavier] thought with such unscrupulousness , that he turned [naughty] forever. ❋ Aleana Is A Wiiner (2018)
You cheated on your test? You should be [ashamed] of your [unscrupulous] [conduct]. ❋ TheLastMuse (2008)
Cedricswan doesn't like the unscrupulousness in [booty].
[Xavier] thought with such unscrupulousness , that he turned [naughty] forever. ❋ Aleana Is A Wiiner (2018)
