immoral
adjective
im·mor·al
(ˌ)i(m)-ˈmȯr-əl 
-ˈmär-
: not moral
broadly
: conflicting with generally or traditionally held moral principles
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Examples of immoral in a Sentence
Don't condemn her: there was nothing immoral about what she did.
It was immoral of her to tell lies like that.
Recent Examples on the Web
When evidence emerged in early April that Russian forces had massacred hundreds of civilians in Bucha, many European leaders viewed the prospect of continuing discussions with Putin’s regime as positively immoral.
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Célia Belin, Foreign Affairs, 5 Apr. 2024
Olszewski’s introduction of this bill is grossly unethical and immoral.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 19 Jan. 2024
There is nothing inherently immoral about having limited access to emotion.
—Patric Gagne, TIME, 2 Apr. 2024
Just look to the celebrity-gossip ecosystem, which is as robust as ever despite various reckonings—take Britney Spears’s saga—demonstrating it as immoral, bigoted, vapid, and fake.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 13 Mar. 2024
In fact, various studies suggest that atheists are no more immoral than religious people.
—Harmeet Kaur, CNN, 10 Mar. 2024
For example, Republicans and Democrats became more likely to view each other as closed-minded, dishonest, immoral, unintelligent and lazy between 2016 and 2022, according to a different Pew study based on responses from 6,174 adults.
—Journal Sentinel, 6 Mar. 2024
Does some degree of tax planning aggressiveness become unethical or to that particular adviser immoral?
—Martin Shenkman, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024
The moral position, abstention, could become in effect an immoral act, throwing open the gate and allowing even more danger in.
—Charles Blow, The Mercury News, 10 Feb. 2024
Célia Belin, Foreign Affairs, 5 Apr. 2024
Olszewski’s introduction of this bill is grossly unethical and immoral.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 19 Jan. 2024
There is nothing inherently immoral about having limited access to emotion.
—Patric Gagne, TIME, 2 Apr. 2024
Just look to the celebrity-gossip ecosystem, which is as robust as ever despite various reckonings—take Britney Spears’s saga—demonstrating it as immoral, bigoted, vapid, and fake.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 13 Mar. 2024
In fact, various studies suggest that atheists are no more immoral than religious people.
—Harmeet Kaur, CNN, 10 Mar. 2024
For example, Republicans and Democrats became more likely to view each other as closed-minded, dishonest, immoral, unintelligent and lazy between 2016 and 2022, according to a different Pew study based on responses from 6,174 adults.
—Journal Sentinel, 6 Mar. 2024
Does some degree of tax planning aggressiveness become unethical or to that particular adviser immoral?
—Martin Shenkman, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024
The moral position, abstention, could become in effect an immoral act, throwing open the gate and allowing even more danger in.
—Charles Blow, The Mercury News, 10 Feb. 2024
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“Immoral.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/immoral. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.
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im·mor·al
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-ˈ(m)är-
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