unscrupulous
Example Sentences
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I do not want my brother to be taken advantage of by an unscrupulous attorney who might promise to help him qualify for Medicaid.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 26, 2026
Some unscrupulous businesses are seeing it as an opportunity.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026
He said he had become concerned about the potential for a dying person to be coerced by "unscrupulous relatives, or 'trusted' medical or legal professionals" into ending their life prematurely.
From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026
“There are some unscrupulous actors out there who present plans that seem to be ACA-compliant but are not,” she says.
From Barron's • Jan. 15, 2026
People had raised their eyebrows when Ali, a man who had memorized the Koran, married Sanaubar, a woman nineteen years younger, a beautiful but notoriously unscrupulous woman who lived up to her dishonorable reputation.
From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini
