amoral
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- adjective
- /ˌeɪˈmɔrəl/
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amoral
- The corporate strategy was purely amoral, focusing only on profit and not on the impact on employees.
- amoral familism
- amoral behavior
So every choice that you get, because choice is, is it's amoral.
- So every choice that you get, because choice is, is it's amoral.
- And he's amoral as an ad man because he's misusing the superpower.
- So very amoral, not immoral, but just very objective, very transparent in incentive structure for those traders.
- OK, we like to do these markets abstract, amoral concepts, but morals do matter, OK.
- It is just a shamelessly amoral and cash conscious monster of a board game.
- A lot of arranged marriages are happening where I would say are amoral, right?
- Morse has been described as physically ugly, amoral, rich beyond reason, rapacious and shady.
Examples
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So you could say that it becomes amoral or non moral.
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Angels, he understood now, were as amoral as scientists.
Fiction book (1996) -
And maybe, you know, I mean, amoral in that sense.
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Oh, I would say it's amoral, but fine.
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I would even go as far as saying, it is amoral.
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A lot of arranged marriages are happening where I would say are amoral, right?
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Knowledge in itself is amoral, but the choices for its applications reside in the ethical decisions of humans.
Academic text (1999) -
In clear, crisp terms, he teaches dozens of people about the universe and its brutal, amoral past.
Fiction book (2002) -
They are amoral, ruthless and without restraint.
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We'd decided by now that Sven was completely amoral and we got a tip that he was sniffing around for jobs.
Synonyms
Does not involve right or wrong actions, for example choosing a paint color
Not thinking about whether something is right or wrong
Antonyms
How Moral
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word amoral is built from the little part a- meaning 'not' and the word moral meaning 'about right and wrong'. So, amoral describes someone or something that is not concerned with questions of right and wrong.