ضعاف النفوس

English translation: Unscrupulous people

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Arabic term or phrase:ضعاف النفوس
English translation:Unscrupulous people
Entered by: Andrew Cavell

15:04 May 19, 2014
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Arabic term or phrase: ضعاف النفوس
This is from an article talking about underage "mut`a" or "`urfi" marriages to Syrian girls in Jordan.

I know it is literally "weak souled" or "weak hearted" but neither of these seem appropriate. Is it perhaps "heartless"? Thank you for any suggestions!

في بلد اشتعلت فيه الأسعار في شكل جنوني بسبب حجم اللجوء المرتفع، واتساع شهية ضعاف النفوس من التجار.

original article:
http://alhayat.com/Edition/Print/2361377/الأردن--شبكات-سماسر...
Andrew Cavell
Local time: 09:46
Unscrupulous people
Explanation:
Unscrupulous : adjective
not scrupulous; unrestrained by scruples; conscienceless; unprincipled.

and due to the greed of unscrupulous merchants/


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Anis Farhat
Tunisia
Local time: 09:46
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Summary of answers provided
5 +2wicked/ vicious/ nasty/ naughty/ villainous/ immoral traders
Ahmed Ghaly (X)
4 +1Unscrupulous people
Anis Farhat
4Malicious traders
Mohammad Gornas


  

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wicked/ vicious/ nasty/ naughty/ villainous/ immoral traders


Explanation:
wicked/ vicious/ nasty/ naughty/ villainous/ immoral traders

http://dico.isc.cnrs.fr/dico/en/search?b=1&r=wicked&send=Loo...

Ahmed Ghaly (X)
Egypt
Local time: 11:46
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 397

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agree  Ivonne G
18 mins
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agree  Seham Ebied
2 days 3 hrs
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18 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Unscrupulous people


Explanation:
Unscrupulous : adjective
not scrupulous; unrestrained by scruples; conscienceless; unprincipled.

and due to the greed of unscrupulous merchants/




Anis Farhat
Tunisia
Local time: 09:46
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
I think this is an excellent translation - Thank you!

And thank you to everyone who answered - it was a great help.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Linda Al-Bairmani
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1 day 18 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Malicious traders


Explanation:
Those who tend to take advantage of disorders, lack of government control or shotage of supplies to gain unfair profits

Mohammad Gornas
Sudan
Local time: 10:46
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 4
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