Smart
Smart adjective - Being strikingly neat and trim in style or appearance.
Unscrupulous and smart are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Unscrupulous" instead an adjective "Smart".
Unscrupulous
Unscrupulous adjective - Not guided by or showing a concern for what is right.
Smart and unscrupulous are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Smart" instead an adjective "Unscrupulous".
Nearby Word: unscrupulously
Both words in one sentence
- A girl kept alone in a high tower for unscrupulous reasons is rescued by a smart-alecky thief who's initially after a big treasure connected to the girl's heritage.
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Something of a subversion: Matilda's father (who has plenty of hair and happens to be unscrupulous) believes that smart people have good, strong hair and that, therefore, bald people are dumb.
Source: Bald of Evil - One episode of Law & Order: SVU dealt with smart and/or successful men getting sperm-jacked by an unscrupulous woman and her mother for use at a geniuses-only sperm bank.
Source: Genius Breeding Act
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