- 1(of people and their behavior) not considered to be good or honest by most people It's immoral to steal. There's nothing immoral about wanting to earn more money.
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- 2not following accepted standards of sexual behavior an immoral act/life/person compare amoral, moral
NAmE//ˌɪməˈrælət̮i//
noun (pl. immoralities) [uncountable, countable] the immorality of war a life of immorality NAmE//ɪˈmɔrəli//, NAmE//ɪˈmɑrəli//
adverbSee immoral in the Oxford Advanced Learner's DictionaryCheck pronunciation: immoral