immoral
adjective/ɪˈmɒrəl/
/ɪˈmɔːrəl/
- (of people and their behaviour) 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.
Extra ExamplesTopics Personal qualitiesb2- He condemned the government's action as immoral.
- Don't you think it's immoral to leave thousands of children without an education?
- I think this is an unjust and immoral war.
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- seem
- condemn somebody/something as
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- not following accepted standards of sexual behaviour
- an immoral act/life/person
- They were charged with living off immoral earnings (= money earned by working as a prostitute).
compare amoral, moral
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