amorally
- adverb
- /əˈmɔrəli/
- The company traded ethically questionable products and operated amorally to maximize profits.
Examples
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As Jonathan Macey has suggested, "it is extremely difficult to distinguish between those governmental activities that involve 'amorally redistributive' rent-seeking (and therefore should be prohibited) and those that represent wealth-increasing 'public interest' governmental activities (and therefore should be encouraged)."
Academic text (1997) -
This way, you can amorally vote tomorrow from home!
Blog text (12) -
That one is just wrong, wrong, factually, empirically, and amorally wrong.
Blog text (19) -
Like other ritual clowns, the Caras Negras highlight proper social behavior by performing amorally and crossing standard social boundaries.
Academic text (1993) -
In this sense, Jonny is actually a part of the technical-mechanical side of the world; he reacts as easily, gratifyingly, exactly, and amorally as a well-constructed machine.
Fiction book (1996) -
In the long run, only government intervention can smooth out capitalism's jagged edges and provide the social harmony on which capitalism depends as it amorally pursues its penchant for creative destruction.
Blog text (20) -
He approached the negotiation amorally, focusing only on his advantage without consideration for others.
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Many people argue that modern media often reports amorally, prioritizing sensationalism over ethical journalism.
Synonyms
In a way that shows no care for what is right or wrong
In a way that ignores what is right or wrong
Antonyms
How Moral
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Amorally comes from the parts a- 'not' and moral 'right and wrong', so it means doing something without concern for what is right or wrong.