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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
unethical
adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ It would be unethical for me to reveal anything my client has discussed with me.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ All of this is highly unethical, not to say illegal.
▪ He says that it is unethical to produce and market a drug which would harm the patient or a foetus.
▪ Much global business remains mercilessly unethical at heart.
▪ The fact that you are very hard-nosed about weeding out unethical behavior helps.
▪ They establish safety without endangering the subjects, and thus should not be considered unethical.
▪ This is deemed unethical until a product is licensed.
▪ To prescribe nothing could be unethical, uncaring, and perilous in terms of the investigation of the case and the pursuit of truth.
▪ To struggle against the tide of negativism, immorality and unethical practices in the world is a difficult enterprise.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
unethical

1871, from un- (1) "not" + ethical. Related: Unethically.

Wiktionary
unethical

a. Not morally approvable; morally bad; not ethical.

WordNet
unethical

  1. adj. 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]

Usage examples of "unethical".

He made it sound as if what Meredith was asking was unethical, but she already knew that her father believed in using his power and connections whenever, and wherever, they would benefit his purpose.

Patrick had no idea of the unethical extremes his son had gone to, but as he arose from the table, she discovered his apparent lack of knowledge, and even his neutrality, was an illusion.

Had he not already done something unethical, he might have been able to talk with Beth about her allegation.

For some reason, he explained, rumors of unethical research in China began to circulate after the 12th East Asia Joint Symposium on Biomedical Research at Shaoxing City, in Zhejiang Province.

He said it would be unethical for me to charge money to any of the clients I would be working on, since I was only an ignorant apprentice.

I asked if twenty percent interest struck him as unethical, and he said no.

Henri had suggested bribery as a way to gain favors, but such unethical behavior repulsed her.

God, and too much unethical or immoral conduct by the holier-than-thou crowds for anybody to trust organized religions as an RLB source.

It would be unethical to experiment on Senator Butler, plain and simple.

Their research department was doing unethical reproductive cloning experiments.

Considering their unethical reputation, I bet with the right inducement we could talk them into providing us with what we will need.

Can we accept the fact that these people are unethical, venal morons and leave it at that?

We were well aware from the outset that the Wingate principals were unethical, venal idiots, yet we decided to proceed in spite of it.

He pointed out that all ethical teachings were based on one premise: that it is better to live in such a way as to be free from the torments of unethical conduct.

Congress has not yet criminalized all sharp conduct, manipulative acts, or unethical transactions.