Machiavellian in a sentence as a noun

A little machiavellian, but not wrong. Unless you're an owner or part-owner, the fruits of all your 'awesome' ideas are going to accrue to the owners.

Machiavellian in a sentence as an adjective

2 of them will utterly fail to perform for a reason that has nothing to with the startup, 5 of them won't perform because they're too busy being machiavellian to each other, the remaining three will get something done until one of the 4 budding Sun Tzu's stabs them in the back. If you're lucky the three guys who were doing the heavy lifting finish building the product before they become entirely disillusioned.

Machiavellian definitions

noun

a follower of Machiavelli's principles

See also: Machiavellian

adjective

of or relating to Machiavelli or the principles of conduct he recommended; "Machiavellian thinking"

See also: Machiavellian