Ethical and Pitiable

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Ethical adjective - Conforming to a high standard of morality or virtue.

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Pitiable is an antonym for ethical.

Nearby Words: ethics, ethic, ethically

Pitiable adjective - Arousing or deserving of one's loathing and disgust.

Usage example: the sales presentation was a pitiable display of ineptitude and disorganization

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Ethical is an antonym for pitiable.

Nearby Words: pitiful, pity, pitifully, pitied, pitiably

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