unethical
/ʌnˈɛθɪk(ə)l/
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American sound/ʌnˈɛθɪk(ə)l/
ʌnˈɛθɪkəl
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ʌn - ˈɛθɪkəl -> unethical
Myanmar meaning
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- ‘What you are complaining about might have been individual unethical behaviour.’
- ‘And he also has plans to clean up big business by introducing a register of ethical and unethical businesses.’
- ‘Many acts may look improper and unethical, yet there may have been a good reason for them.’
- ‘Widespread as it may be, it is nevertheless a way of thinking that is profoundly amoral, unethical and indeed barbaric.’
- ‘These things may be ethical or unethical, depending on the situation.’
- ‘To so burden those people, and to continue to burden them, is not only wrong but immoral and unethical.’
- ‘The following day, North accused his bosses of appalling, dishonest and unethical behaviour.’
- ‘However, breaking the law often starts with unethical behaviour that has gone unnoticed.’
- ‘From an environmental point of view, I find eating meat completely unethical.’
- ‘I have concerns about any unethical behaviour amongst any health professionals.’
- ‘This does not make them unethical, dishonest people in life or their law practice.’
- ‘A business school course in ethics is hardly going to transform an unethical person into an ethical one.’
- ‘To deprive children of this most basic human right is unethical.’
- ‘There were opposing views on how to protect the public from incompetent and unethical behaviour.’
- ‘If one had no way to justify a particular immoral or unethical act, a law was passed to legalize it.’
- ‘Still, is it unethical or immoral to bring an extinct species back from the dead?’
- ‘Facing the dilemmas of ethical behaviour in a decidedly unethical society is the harder choice.’
- ‘Half a dozen newspapers recently have fired reporters for dishonest or unethical reporting.’
- ‘It will be seen as unethical, unprofessional and will affect the decisions made at that level.’
- ‘Not only was her action a breach of her visa but was highly unethical and morally questionable.’
Synonyms
unprincipled, immoral, wrong, bad, unscrupulous, dishonorable, disreputable, corrupt, depraved, cheating, crooked, dirty, dirty-dealing, dishonest, double-crossing, fake, fishy, flimflam, fly-by-night, illegal, improper, mercenary, scam, shady, sharp, slick, slippery, sneaky, two-faced, two-timing, underhand, unfair, unprofessional
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