Antonyms for unprincipled

Grammar : Adj

Spell : uhn-prin-suh-puhld

Phonetic Transcription : ʌnˈprɪn sə pəld

Definition 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

Synonyms for unprincipled

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