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ethicless en · ADJ

Etymology

From ethic + -less.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Without ethics.
   • 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. 1976, Martin Abraham Abrahamsen, Cooperative business enterprise:
   • The tools themselves are ethicless just as a scalpel can be used to heal or to harm. People have ethics. 2005, Christopher Howard, Turning passions into profits: three steps to wealth and power:

Deriveds

ethiclessness