unscrupling

unscrupling

English

Adjective

unscrupling (comparative more unscrupling, superlative most unscrupling)

1. Not scrupling, without hesitation or reluctance.
   • 1809, William Dimond, The Foundling of the Forest, 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, London: Skeffington & Son, p. 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, The Station: Travels to the Holy Mountain of Greece, Chapter 13,

     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.