immorally
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7.2
- adverb
- /ɪˈmɔrəli/
:
inmoralmente
- If one attempts to arouse a patient, one is acting inappropriately, immorally, and most likely, illegally!
- act immorally
- immorally discriminatory
- behave immorally
It was a tragedy which was used blatantly and I will say immorally just for political means.
- It was a tragedy which was used blatantly and I will say immorally just for political means.
Examples
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The first ground was that under the law, the plaintiff had acted so improperly, immorally, and had misconducted himself so willfully that he was not entitled to recover maintenance and cure.
Academic text (2017) -
However, acting immorally would still not be consistent with God's nature.
Blog text (16) -
In fact, they might act immorally and "punish" the innocent.
Academic text (2003) -
You're acting immorally by not doing that.
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The public, in turn, tends to support such demands as just claims against an enemy that has behaved immorally or illegally.
Academic text (2009) -
We're simply deferring the massive tax increases into the future, immorally putting huge debt burdens on future generations.
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The Court has needed to do that only because it has wished to condemn punishments simply for being immorally excessive, and has had no ground for calling those punishments unusual other than inter-jurisdictional comparison.
Academic text (2008) -
The manner in which the two Houses of Parliament handled the Oates and Johnson cases reveals an overarching concern about immorally discriminatory punishments that were harsher than the law allowed.
Academic text (2004) -
She acted immorally when she exploited her colleagues for personal gain.
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He made immorally selfish decisions that harmed others.
Synonyms
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7.0
In a way that is wrong and unfair to others
1
8.0
In a way that ignores what is right or wrong
In a way that is wrong or unfair
In a way that ignores moral rules about sex and behavior
Antonyms
How Moral
72
3.7
45
4.4
193
3.5
1
6.1
3
7.0
1
7.2
5
6.3
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Immorally comes from the part im- meaning 'not' and the word moral meaning 'right or good behavior'. So to act immorally is to behave 'not right' or against the usual rules of right and wrong.