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词汇 unprincipled
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Definition of unprincipled in English:

unprincipled

adjective ʌnˈprɪnsɪp(ə)ldˌənˈprɪnsəpəld
  • (of a person or their behaviour) not acting in accordance with moral principles.

    (人,行为)无原则的;不道德的

    an unprincipled womanizer
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Your builder would appear to be one of those unprincipled persons.
    • The unprincipled behaviour of the Bush administration has been met with principled conduct and objections.
    • History shows us that it is in exactly such times that unprincipled men such as Schröder can be expected to do crazy things.
    • It's safer and it won't make other people seem as stupid as you are unprincipled.
    • But then given his ruthlessly unprincipled behaviour in 1975 such behaviour shouldn't be unexpected.
    • You are completely unprincipled and have no interest whatsoever in morals, justice or fairness of any kind.
    • The attitude taken by the Post highlights the hypocritical and unprincipled character of its criticisms of the Bush administration.
    • Because, Margo, we are not unprincipled and we do believe in forming a Government.
    • Later events proved him in fact to have been a ‘daring and unprincipled scoundrel’.
    • Some unknown, unprincipled rascal wins a bunch of tickets for the first Test and promptly sells them on e-bay.
    • In reality, its just one more time that you will show that you are simply an unprincipled coward.
    • There could hardly be a more graphic illustration of how putting power in the hands of unprincipled people can bring a community down, if it yields to such pressure.
    • Perhaps you would prefer we returned to the unprincipled behaviour displayed by Keating and friends, conveniently termed diplomacy.
    • The throne was no longer at issue; now she was merely an eccentric noblewoman running from an unprincipled enemy.
    • I'm the first to admit that I think that John Kerry is a sleazy, unprincipled politician.
    • If I can choose my enemy, I prefer an unprincipled politician to a disguised true believer.
    • When grasping and unprincipled people begin to test the patience of the general public, I believe they have something to worry about.
    • Blair's defiance is possible only because of the unprincipled character of the opposition he faces.
    • And since Bush is a canny and very unprincipled politician, he will not want to play in a game in which the odds are so heavily against him.
    Synonyms
    immoral, unethical, unscrupulous, amoral, dishonourable, reprobate, dishonest, unprofessional, deceitful, devious, corrupt, corrupted, dissolute, underhand, crooked, bad, wicked, evil, villainous, roguish, shameless, sinful, ignoble, base, low, degenerate, sordid
    archaic dastardly

Definition of unprincipled in US English:

unprincipled

adjectiveˌənˈprɪnsəpəldˌənˈprinsəpəld
  • (of a person or their behavior) not acting in accordance with moral principles.

    (人,行为)无原则的;不道德的

    the public's dislike of unprincipled press behavior

    公众对于新闻界无原则行为的反感。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • There could hardly be a more graphic illustration of how putting power in the hands of unprincipled people can bring a community down, if it yields to such pressure.
    • You are completely unprincipled and have no interest whatsoever in morals, justice or fairness of any kind.
    • When grasping and unprincipled people begin to test the patience of the general public, I believe they have something to worry about.
    • But then given his ruthlessly unprincipled behaviour in 1975 such behaviour shouldn't be unexpected.
    • The throne was no longer at issue; now she was merely an eccentric noblewoman running from an unprincipled enemy.
    • The attitude taken by the Post highlights the hypocritical and unprincipled character of its criticisms of the Bush administration.
    • Blair's defiance is possible only because of the unprincipled character of the opposition he faces.
    • I'm the first to admit that I think that John Kerry is a sleazy, unprincipled politician.
    • In reality, its just one more time that you will show that you are simply an unprincipled coward.
    • If I can choose my enemy, I prefer an unprincipled politician to a disguised true believer.
    • Some unknown, unprincipled rascal wins a bunch of tickets for the first Test and promptly sells them on e-bay.
    • And since Bush is a canny and very unprincipled politician, he will not want to play in a game in which the odds are so heavily against him.
    • Perhaps you would prefer we returned to the unprincipled behaviour displayed by Keating and friends, conveniently termed diplomacy.
    • Later events proved him in fact to have been a ‘daring and unprincipled scoundrel’.
    • Because, Margo, we are not unprincipled and we do believe in forming a Government.
    • The unprincipled behaviour of the Bush administration has been met with principled conduct and objections.
    • History shows us that it is in exactly such times that unprincipled men such as Schröder can be expected to do crazy things.
    • Your builder would appear to be one of those unprincipled persons.
    • It's safer and it won't make other people seem as stupid as you are unprincipled.
    Synonyms
    immoral, unethical, unscrupulous, amoral, dishonourable, reprobate, dishonest, unprofessional, deceitful, devious, corrupt, corrupted, dissolute, underhand, crooked, bad, wicked, evil, villainous, roguish, shameless, sinful, ignoble, base, low, degenerate, sordid
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