Example sentences for: unscrupulous

How can you use “unscrupulous” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The corrupting thing about compulsory voluntarism is that it preys on the high-minded to the benefit of the unscrupulous.

  • Yesterday, reports the Post , Bill Clinton responded, saying, "Teen smoking has everything to do with Joe Camel, with unscrupulous marketing campaigns that prey on the insecurities and dreams of our children."

  • Under an interpretation that the claim must arise while the worker was in the United States, unscrupulous employers would be able to exploit the system by, for example, failing to mail a final paycheck or 3/4 guarantee payment after the H-2A worker left the country, with knowledge that the worker would not be entitled to legal representation on the claim.

  • Some unscrupulous farmers (or merchants) back then made a practice of diluting the milk they sold with water, thus being able to sell water at the price of milk.

  • The danger is that an unscrupulous company will set aside too much money--since with a big write-off investors tend to disregard the hit to earnings--and then use the excess to make its bottom line look better in future years.


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