беспринципный

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Russian

Etymology

From бес- (bes-) +‎ при́нцип (príncip) +‎ -ный (-nyj), a calque of German prinzipienlos. First attested in 1870.

Pronunciation

Adjective

беспринци́пный (besprincípnyj)

  1. unprincipled, unscrupulous

Derived terms

References

  • Arapova, N. S. (2000) “беспринципный”, in Kalʹki v russkom jazyke poslepetrovskovo perioda. Opyt slovarja (in Russian), Moscow: Moscow University Press, page 55