Antonyms for scrupulous
ˈskru pyə ləsscrupu·lous

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1. scrupulousadjective

   Antonyms:
   unscrupulous

   Synonyms:
   fair, moral, worried, painstaking, honourable, just, meticulous, righteous, ethical, minded

2. scrupulousadjective

   Exactly and carefully conducted.

   He is scrupulous in his finances.

   Antonyms:
   unscrupulous

   Synonyms:
   minded, just, fair, worried, painstaking, moral, righteous, ethical, meticulous, honourable

3. scrupulousadjective

   Having scruples or compunctions.

   He is a scrupulous businessman and always acts in the best interest of his company.

   Antonyms:
   unscrupulous

   Synonyms:
   righteous, meticulous, just, painstaking, minded, moral, fair, worried, ethical, honourable

4. scrupulousadjective

   Precise; exact or strict

   Synonyms:
   minded, moral, ethical, worried, painstaking, honourable, just, righteous, fair, meticulous

   Antonyms:
   unscrupulous

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1. scrupulous

   Antonyms:
   reckless, unscrupulous, unhesitating, confident, self-satisfied, self-complacent, eager

   Synonyms:
   conscientious, dubious, diffident, punctilious, exact, cautious, nice, precise, reluctant

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1. scrupulousadjective

   having scruples; arising from a sense of right and wrong; principled

   "less scrupulous producers sent bundles that were deceptive in appearance"

   Antonyms:
   careless, unscrupulous

   Synonyms:
   painstaking, conscientious

2. conscientious, painstaking, scrupulousadjective

   characterized by extreme care and great effort

   "conscientious application to the work at hand"; "painstaking research"; "scrupulous attention to details"

   Antonyms:
   unscrupulous, careless

   Synonyms:
   painstaking, conscientious

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1. scrupulousadjective

   Synonyms:
   conscientious, exact, strict, punctilious, particular

How to use scrupulous in a sentence?

1. Mark Corallo:

   Postmaster General Louis DeJoy has learned that the Department of Justice is investigating campaign contributions made by employees who worked for Postmaster General Louis DeJoy when Postmaster General Louis DeJoy was in the private sector. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy has always been scrupulous in Postmaster General Louis DeJoy adherence to the campaign contribution laws and has never knowingly violated them, postmaster General Louis DeJoy fully cooperated with and answered the questions posed by Congress regarding these matters. The same is true of the Postal Service Inspector General's inquiry which after a thorough investigation gave Postmaster General Louis DeJoy a clean bill of health on Postmaster General Louis DeJoy disclosure and divestment issues. He expects nothing less in this latest matter and he intends to work with DOJ toward swiftly resolving it.

2. James Comey:

   [Obama] said he didn’t want to talk to me about any particular case, ‘cause he was very scrupulous about that. And he said, ‘but I want to just tell you something generally. I appointed you to be FBI director because of yoru integrity and your ability,’ and then he looked me in the eye and said, ‘nothing has happened, nothing, in the last year that has changed my view of that.’ And look, he wasn’t telling me, ‘I agree with what you did,’ he wasn’t telling me ‘you made the right decision.’ He was telling me, ‘I know where it came from, I know you’re not a partisan hack. I know you’re trying to do the right thing.’.

3. George Papadopoulos:

   Unless there was some sort of incredibly scrupulous investigation into my background, my life, my personal life, my work history, they would have had to have used some sort of intrusive measure, at that time, the FISA warrants was the one method that everybody was talking about.

4. Josh Koskoff in a statement:

   With this many claimants, the money ends up being a symbolic gesture but it serves as an important reminder that people who keep firearms in the home must be scrupulous about securing their weapons.

5. Klaus Naumann:

   A measure of the seriousness with which Israel Israel took Israel Israel moral duties and Israel Israel responsibilities under the laws of armed conflict is that in some cases Israel’s scrupulous adherence to the laws of war cost Israeli soldiers ’ and civilians ’ lives.

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