immoral
- adjective
- /ɪˈmɔrəl/
- Many people believe that cheating on a partner is immoral and wrong.
- immoral behavior
- immoral acts
- immoral and illegal
But if it is, it seems pretty immoral by our own standards.
- But if it is, it seems pretty immoral by our own standards.
- What about when acting in immoral ways brings harm to others?
- He recently was interviewed and he said it is immoral to work from home.
- They view it as fundamentally immoral to require something of people.
- With rare exceptions, although such behavior feels deeply unethical or immoral, it ain't illegal.
- It's it's unbelievable how immoral this person is.
- He's being painted in this editorial as an immoral idiot.
- And if you think about that, it is both absurd and immoral.
- He said that banning, banning gender affirming surgery among minors is both immoral and outrageous.
- And you know, when I hear philosophers telling me, oh, this is immoral.
Examples
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To dare to be immoral is what you have to do.
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What about when acting in immoral ways brings harm to others?
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But if it is, it seems pretty immoral by our own standards.
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It's immoral to be in love?
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It's immoral, and it's illegal.
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Wouldn't we consider it immoral not to be using this new technology?
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The fact is I've spent my life surrounded by immoral people.
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But if a king is immoral, then he should hide in obscurity.
Fiction book (2000) -
This is an explicit and immoral injustice.
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It is an immoral order, and by articles ot war I am not bound to obey it.
Synonyms
Not morally right or acceptable
Being very bad and morally wrong, often causing harm to others
Not right according to moral or professional rules most people accept
Wrong according to religious or moral rules
Not following normal moral rules and behaving badly
Something people think is morally wrong or dishonest
Morally wrong because it goes against religious rules
Not morally clean because it is corrupt or obscene
Deserves strong blame or dislike
A person, group, or action that does not care about right and wrong
Acting in a way that is unfair or morally wrong
Harmful to health or to how someone behaves
Very unfair and wrong in a way that harms people
Wrong or bad because it goes against accepted ideas of right and wrong
Showing low moral quality, not honest or noble
Antonyms
How Moral
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Immoral begins with the prefix im- meaning 'not' and the part moral, which comes from a word for people's customs and their sense of 'right' and 'wrong'. So immoral means 'not' following those accepted rules of right behaviour.