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Answer for the clue "The quality of unscrupulous dishonesty ", 16 letters:
unscrupulousness

Word definitions for unscrupulousness in dictionaries

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. the state of being unscrupulous

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Unscrupulous \Un*scru"pu*lous\, a. Not scrupulous; unprincipled. -- Un*scru"pu*lous*ly , adv. -- Un*scru"pu*lous*ness , n.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. the quality of unscrupulous dishonesty [ant: scrupulousness ]

Usage examples of unscrupulousness.

He saw that Robert counted as best friends such men as Robert of Belesme, a man already famous for his bloodthirsty unscrupulousness, and Edgar the Aetheling, who had once been heir presumptive of England long before the Conquest.

There was that same impishness, that same bland unscrupulousness, that same pathetic desire to do her a good turn however it might affect anybody else which, if she might compare the two things, had caused him to pass her off on unfortunate Mr Mariner of Brookport as a girl of wealth with tastes in the direction of real estate.