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"word": "vicdansız"
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"sense": "contemptuous of what is right or honourable",
"word": "不擇手段的"
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"sense": "without scruples",
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"word": "häikäilemätön"
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"word": "hemmungslos"
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"word": "bedenkenlos"
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"word": "unnachsichtig"
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"word": "lelkiismeretlen"
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"code": "is",
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"word": "samviskulaus"
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"code": "ga",
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"sense": "without scruples",
"word": "gan scrupall"
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"code": "mk",
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"word": "бескрупуло́зен"
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"sense": "without scruples",
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "without scruples",
"word": "inescrupuloso"
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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "besprincípnyj",
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"word": "беспринци́пный"
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"code": "es",
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"word": "inescrupuloso"
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"sense": "without scruples",
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"code": "ug",
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"sense": "without scruples",
"word": "ۋىجدانسىز"
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"sense": "contemptuous of what is right or honourable",
"word": "不擇手段的"
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{
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"roman": "bùzéshǒuduàn de",
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"code": "cs",
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"sense": "contemptuous of what is right or honourable",
"word": "bezcharakterní"
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"sense": "contemptuous of what is right or honourable",
"word": "häikäilemätön"
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"sense": "contemptuous of what is right or honourable",
"word": "skruppelløs"
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