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unscrupling (comparative more unscrupling, superlative most unscrupling)

  1. Not scrupling, without hesitation or reluctance.
    • 1809, William Dimond, The Foundling of the Forest[1], act I, scene 1:
      Traitor! you, too, had best remember a solemn oath at that same period passed your lips, which bound you, soul and body, to my service ever—unscrupling to perform my pleasures, whether good or ill []
    • 1892, James Chapman, “Ordination”, in Memorials of James Chapman, first Bishop of Colombo[2], London: Skeffington & Son, page 192:
      [] we therefore must in all humility and forbearance but still unscrupling firmness, maintain our ground in the full conviction of this truth.
    • 1928, Robert Byron, chapter 13, in The Station: Travels to the Holy Mountain of Greece[3]:
      What hours have I paced those platforms, endlessly, hopelessly, where the draughts of Siberia and the solstice heats of Ecuador focus their unscrupling rigours on the eructated passenger.