-ulous, -ulously
(Latin: a suffix; tending to do, inclined to; full of)
unscrupulousness
1. Lacking honesty and being unaware of what is honorable and proper.
2. Being without scruples and oblivious to or contemptuous of what is right or honorable.
3. Not restrained by moral or ethical principles and so, being unprincipled: "There are too many politicians who are motivated by an unscrupulousness and who will do anything in order to gain power."
2. Being without scruples and oblivious to or contemptuous of what is right or honorable.
3. Not restrained by moral or ethical principles and so, being unprincipled: "There are too many politicians who are motivated by an unscrupulousness and who will do anything in order to gain power."