scruple
Example Sentences
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Employees in these movies come to the conclusion their boss lacks scruples, boundaries or the qualifications to have the job.
The idea that Saddam would scruple to support al Qaeda seems preposterous even now.
They were both these outsiders from the boroughs with tremendous life force and ambition with a shared, I think, lack of scruple or ethical core, for whom winning was the only moral measure.
From Los Angeles Times
Some may have otherwise been stolen by Western visitors with less scruples to be sold on the lucrative European and American artefacts market.
From BBC
In the chaotic tangle of dust, horseflesh and steel, finding an unexpected advantage was not difficult for those unyoked from scruple.
From Salon
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