compunction
Example Sentences
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For a company founded by ex-OpenAI executives disaffected with Sam Altman’s business practices, it seemingly has little compunction about the aggressive tacks it’s already taken to shore up its $380 billion bottom line.
From Slate • Mar. 3, 2026
To do so, he calculated, would risk ongoing public spats with not just the most powerful man on the planet, but someone with near zero compunction when it comes to spectacularly falling out with people.
From BBC • Jan. 6, 2026
Still, with their seemingly limitless budget, the Dodgers have shown no compunction against excess.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 16, 2025
And he has shown that he will have no compunction about doing just that.
From Salon • Nov. 16, 2025
Years later, I’d fall in love with a guy who, like Suzanne, stored his belongings in heaps and felt no compunction, really ever, to fold his clothes.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.