Usually means: Contrary to accepted moral principles.
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We found 25 dictionaries that define the word unethical:

General (19 matching dictionaries)
  1. unethical: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. unethical: Merriam-Webster
  3. unethical: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. unethical: Collins English Dictionary
  5. unethical: Vocabulary.com
  6. Unethical, unethical: Wordnik
  7. unethical: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. unethical: Wiktionary
  9. unethical: Dictionary.com
  10. unethical: Online Etymology Dictionary
  11. unethical: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  12. Unethical: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. unethical: Rhymezone
  14. unethical: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  15. unethical: FreeDictionary.org
  16. unethical: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. unethical: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. unethical: Webster's New World Law Dictionary
  2. unethical: Legal dictionary
  3. unethical: Financial dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. unethical: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. unethical: Medical dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Unethical: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
▸ adjective:  Breaching the established standards of conduct or behavior within a particular organization or profession.
▸ adjective:  Immoral, morally wrong.

Similar:
immoral, dishonorable, wrong, dishonourable, base, inethical, dirty, foul, breachful, unsportsmanlike, more...

Opposite:
ethical, moral, upstanding

Types:
immoral, fraudulent, deceptive, dishonest, unscrupulous, more...

Phrases:
Unethical human experimentation in the United States, Unethical human experimentation, unethical tactic, unethical to the extreme, extremely bad and unethical, more...
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Similar:
immoral, dishonorable, wrong, dishonourable, base, inethical, dirty, foul, breachful, unsportsmanlike, more...

Opposite:
ethical, moral, upstanding

Types:
immoral, fraudulent, deceptive, dishonest, unscrupulous, more...

Phrases:
Unethical human experimentation in the United States, Unethical human experimentation, unethical tactic, unethical to the extreme, extremely bad and unethical, unethical approach, unethical practice, more...



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