underscrupulous

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adjective

Insufficiently scrupulous.

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Meanings

adjectiveunderscrupulous (comparative more underscrupulous, superlative most underscrupulous)

comparative more underscrupulous · superlative most underscrupulous

  1. Insufficiently scrupulous.

    […] like most of the overpaid and underscrupulous bastards Arthur knew in advertising, […]

    1984, Douglas Adams, So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy), page 40

Origin

From under- + scrupulous.

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APA

underscrupulous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underscrupulous

MLA

“underscrupulous.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underscrupulous. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “underscrupulous,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underscrupulous.

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