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Unethical vs Unscrupulous - What's the difference?

unethical | unscrupulous |

As adjectives the difference between unethical and unscrupulous

is that unethical is not morally approvable; morally bad; not ethical while unscrupulous is without scruples; immoral.

unethical

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Not morally approvable; morally bad; not ethical.
  • The corporation was accused of unethical behavior for knowingly producing a product suspected of harming health.

    Antonyms

    * ethical

    unscrupulous

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Without scruples; immoral.
  • Contemptuous of what is right or honorable.
  • Antonyms

    * scrupulous * ethical * upstanding