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unprincipled
adjective
Reveal meaning and examples
Not guided by ethical standards or a sense of right conduct.
An unprincipled negotiator concealed a crucial condition in the agreement.
The workshop's chair objected to the coordinator's hypocrisy: he had repeatedly praised transparency while concealing the conflicting promises. She considered his demand that volunteers pay an undisclosed penalty to recover their own equipment unconscionable. Such an unprincipled response would add another wrong to the original deception.