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.
Along with White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, the heads of these agencies don’t have many scruples when it comes to this policy.
From Salon
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
The convicted sex offender who died in a Manhattan jail cell in 2019 had a low opinion of his former associate, feeling that he had "no scruples" and could not be trusted.
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
