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unethical

adj
/ʌnˈɛθɪkəl/

Etymology

From un- + ethical.

  1. derived from ἠθικός
  2. derived from ethicus
  3. formed as unethical — “un- + ethical”

Definitions

  1. Breaching the established standards of conduct or behavior within a particular…

    Breaching the established standards of conduct or behavior within a particular organization or profession.

    • He was sacked for unethical conduct.
    • The following potentially unethical coding practices are presented along with the standard from the AHIMA Standards of Ethical Coding that they may violate.
    • However, occasionally one encounters unethical but not immoral practice, because in China, market regulations are neither sufficient nor regularly updated.

  2. Immoral, morally wrong.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at unethical. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at unethical. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at unethical

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA