Unethical

2 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  unethical
       adj 1: not conforming to approved standards of social or
              professional behavior; "unethical business practices"
              [ant: {ethical}]
       2: not adhering to ethical or moral principles; "base and
          unpatriotic motives"; "a base, degrading way of life";


          "cheating is dishonorable"; "they considered colonialism
          immoral"; "unethical practices in handling public funds"
          [syn: {base}, {dishonorable}, {dishonourable}, {immoral}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  44 Moby Thesaurus words for "unethical":
     amoral, conscienceless, corrupt, corrupted, criminal, crooked,
     dark, devious, dishonest, dishonorable, doubtful, dubious, evasive,
     felonious, fishy, fraudulent, ill-got, ill-gotten, immoral,
     indirect, insidious, mercenary, not kosher, questionable, rotten,
     shady, shameless, shifty, sinister, slippery, suspicious, tricky,
     unconscienced, unconscientious, unconscionable, underhand,
     underhanded, unprincipled, unsavory, unscrupulous,
     unstraightforward, venal, without remorse, without shame