Definitions for unprincipledʌnˈprɪn sə pəld

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

un•prin•ci•pled*ʌnˈprɪn sə pəld(adj.)

  1. lacking or not based on moral scruples or principles; dishonest.

  2. not instructed in the principles of something (usu. fol. by in).

* Syn: See unscrupulous.

Origin of unprincipled:

1625–35

un•prin′ci•pled•ness(n.)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. unprincipled(adj)

    lacking principles or moral scruples

    "freedom from coarse unprincipled calumny"- A.E.Stevenson

  2. unprincipled(adj)

    having little or no integrity

Wiktionary

  1. unprincipled(Adjective)

    lacking moral values

Webster Dictionary

  1. Unprincipled(adj)

    being without principles; especially, being without right moral principles; also, characterized by absence of principle


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