🇬🇧 Unethical meaning: English Vocabulary Flash Card

Unethical means doing something that you know is wrong, unfair, or not kind, even if you are not breaking a law. When someone is unethical, they ignore what they know is right, like honesty and fairness, to get what they want. For example, it is unethical to cheat, to lie on purpose to trick people, or to take credit for someone else’s hard work. Being ethical means doing the right thing; being unethical means choosing not to.

Selling “air sandwiches” at lunch and calling them “diet-friendly” is definitely unethical.

Calling a group project “teamwork” while making everyone else do the work is just plain unethical.

The chef’s most unethical recipe was invisible soup, which was really just an empty bowl for ten dollars.

The babysitter’s unethical rule said, “Kids must do chores, babysitter must eat ice cream and supervise.”

It was unethical for the magician to make my cookie disappear and then refuse to make a new one appear.

A girl sees the baker hide stale loaves and sell them as fresh. She thinks, "That is unethical." She tells a friend; the friend says, "Unethical!" The baker's trick is clearly unethical and he pockets extra coins. Customers become angry; he returns money, blushes, and the girl feels relieved that the unethical choice ended with a real apology. Unethical unethical.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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