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Synonyms for unprincipled


Grammar : Adj
Spell : uhn-prin-suh-puhld
Phonetic Transcription : ʌnˈprɪn sə pəld

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Définition of unprincipled

Origin :
  • 1630s, "not instructed" (in something), from un- (1) "not" + principled. Meaning "not honorable" is recorded from 1640s.
  • adj corrupt
Example sentences :
  • He changed the note once more with an unprincipled versatility.
  • Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
  • There will be left of it but one unprincipled woman—and she wretched and an outcast.
  • Extract from : « Ruggles of Red Gap » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • In this matter, however, Lloyd Avalons was not quite so unprincipled as he seemed.
  • Extract from : « The Dominant Strain » by Anna Chapin Ray
  • He was a bold, undaunted, and energetic seaman, but unprincipled and merciless.
  • Extract from : « Queen Elizabeth » by Jacob Abbott
  • Unprincipled attacks are often made on me by political muckrakers.
  • Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, February 11, 1914 » by Various
  • How dare you come to me with slanders so vile, false, unprincipled woman?'
  • Extract from : « Ernest Linwood » by Caroline Lee Hentz
  • Spontini was a vigorous director, but unprincipled, vain and narrow.
  • Extract from : « A Popular History of the Art of Music » by W. S. B. Mathews
  • In a few years his unprincipled wife warped the probity of a lifetime.
  • Extract from : « O Pioneers! » by Willa Cather
  • Ambitious men of old were not nice; now they are unprincipled.
  • Extract from : « The Sayings Of Confucius » by Confucius
  • He is that monstrum horrendum, an unprincipled man of genius.
  • Extract from : « Masterpieces of Mystery In Four Volumes » by Various

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