ethicless

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

ethic +‎ -less

Adjective[edit]

ethicless (not comparable)

  1. Without ethics.
    • 1976, Martin Abraham Abrahamsen, Cooperative business enterprise:
      They believe that people, rather than being dominated by what critics of capitalism described as ethicless self-interest and gain, should be characterized by a strong sense of "brotherly love" in their day-to-day relations.
    • 2005, Christopher Howard, Turning passions into profits: three steps to wealth and power:
      The tools themselves are ethicless just as a scalpel can be used to heal or to harm. People have ethics.

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