All 3 Uses
scrupulous
in
An Ideal Husband
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- Years ago you did a clever, unscrupulous thing; it turned out a great success.
Act 1 *unscrupulous = unethicalstandard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unscrupulous means not and reverses the meaning of scrupulous. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
- I think that in practical life there is something about success, actual success, that is a little unscrupulous, something about ambition that is unscrupulous always.†
Act 2
- I think that in practical life there is something about success, actual success, that is a little unscrupulous, something about ambition that is unscrupulous always.†
Act 2
Definitions:
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(1)
(scrupulous) careful to behave ethically and/or diligently (with great care and attention to detail)
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)