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  • 31unscrupulous — unscrupulously, adv. unscrupulousness, unscrupulosity /un skrooh pyeuh los i tee/, n. /un skrooh pyeuh leuhs/, adj. not scrupulous; unrestrained by scruples; conscienceless; unprincipled. [1795 1805; UN 1 + SCRUPULOUS] Syn. UNSCRUPULOUS,… …

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  • 32unscrupulous — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. unprincipled, conscienceless, dishonest. See improbity. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. unprincipled, unethical, immoral, base, perfidious, degraded, selfish, self seeking, petty, dishonest, knavish,… …

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  • 33unethical — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. immoral, unprincipled, unscrupulous. See improbity. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. unscrupulous, unprincipled, immoral, unfair; see dishonest 2 , wrong 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. wrong,… …

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  • 34unscrupulous — un•scru•pu•lous [[t]ʌnˈskru pyə ləs[/t]] adj. not scrupulous; not restrained by scruples; unprincipled: unscrupulous business dealings[/ex] • Etymology: 1795–1805 un•scru′pu•lous•ly, adv. un•scru′pu•lous•ness, ˈlɒs ɪ ti n. syn: unscrupulous,… …

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  • 35Hiram Rhodes Revels — Infobox Senator name=Hiram Rhodes Revels jr/sr=United States Senator state=Mississippi party=Republican term start=February 23, 1870 term end=March 3, 1871 preceded=Albert G. Brown succeeded=James L. Alcorn date of birth=birth date|1822|9|27|mf=y …

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  • 36Carpetbagger — In United States history, carpetbaggers was the term southerners gave to northerners who moved to the South during Reconstruction, between 1865 and 1877. They formed a coalition with freedmen (freed slaves), and scalawags (southern whites who… …

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  • 37un|scru´pu|lous|ness — un|scru|pu|lous «uhn SKROO pyuh luhs», adjective. not careful about right or wrong; without principles or conscience: »The unscrupulous boy cheated on the test. –un|scru´pu|lous|ly, adverb. –un|scru´pu|lous|ness, noun. Synonym Study Unscrupulous …

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  • 38un|scru´pu|lous|ly — un|scru|pu|lous «uhn SKROO pyuh luhs», adjective. not careful about right or wrong; without principles or conscience: »The unscrupulous boy cheated on the test. –un|scru´pu|lous|ly, adverb. –un|scru´pu|lous|ness, noun. Synonym Study Unscrupulous …

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  • 39un|scru|pu|lous — «uhn SKROO pyuh luhs», adjective. not careful about right or wrong; without principles or conscience: »The unscrupulous boy cheated on the test. –un|scru´pu|lous|ly, adverb. –un|scru´pu|lous|ness, noun. Synonym Study Unscrupulous, unprincipled… …

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  • 40cutthroat — I. noun Date: 1535 1. killer, murderer 2. a cruel unprincipled person II. adjective Date: 1565 1. murderous, cruel 2. marked by unprincipled practices ; ruth …

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