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Sordid(adjective): |
Dirty, squalid, ignoble, avaricious, dingy, base, slummy, unethical, unscrupulous Sordidly...... adverb Sordidness ...... noun |
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Unscrupulous(adjective) |
Without scruples or principles.
Scruples~ Motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles that govern a person thoughts and actions.( Conscience, moral sense, sense of right and wrong). Derived: Noun: unscrupulousnessAdjective: scrupulousAdverb: unscrupulously |
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Unethical(adjective) |
Not confirming to the approved standards of social or professional behavior. Derived Noun: unethicalnessAdjective: ethicalAdverb: unethically |
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Adjective: shabby |
Mean and unworthy and despicable β’ shabby treatment β dishonourableDerived: Noun: shabbinessAdverb: shabbily |
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Verb: Crave |
Have a craving, appetite, or great desire for:= hunger, lust, starve, thirst DerivedAdjective: craved |
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Adjective: rapacious |
πΉcraving food in great quantities πedacious, esurient, ravening, ravenous, voracious, wolfish πβ gluttonous πDerivedNoun: rapaciousness, rapacityAdverb: rapaciously β gluttonous DerivedNoun: rapaciousness, rapacityAdverb: rapaciously |
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Adjective: ignominious |
(used of conduct or character) Deserving or bringing disgrace or shame = black, disgraceful, inglorious, opprobrious, shameful |
