Meanings
comparative more scrupleless · superlative most scrupleless
- Without scruples; uninhibited by conscience or moral concerns.
Almost he longed to be a scrupleless Oriental and carry her off across his saddle bow.
1914, Mary Hastings Bradley, The Palace of Darkened Windows, D. Appleton & Co., page 3122 more examples
Your Grace's swordsmen have had ill luck of late; and it is hard, since you always choose the best hands, and such scrupleless knaves too.
1822, Sir Walter Scott, chapter 44, in Peveril of the PeakWe feel one of these untrained civilians will come face to face with a scrupleless smuggler.
2005 April 29, “Ex-valley Man Eyes US-Mexico Border”, in Daily News of Los Angeles
Origin
- Englishscruple
- Proto-Indo-European*lewh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*lewHs-
- Proto-Germanic*leusaną
- Proto-Germanic*lausaz
- Englishscrupleless
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