immoral

adjective

im·​mor·​al (ˌ)i(m)-ˈmȯr-əl How to pronounce immoral (audio)
-ˈmär-
: not moral
broadly : conflicting with generally or traditionally held moral principles
immorally adverb

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.
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Ladapo said the decision was not reached according to the data, but instead on his view that vaccine mandates are immoral and outside the scope of the government’s authority. Sarah Fortinsky, The Hill, 7 Sep. 2025 Even the paper’s biggest triumph—which, without giving too much away, brings it into direct conflict with its toilet-paper stablemate—involves a farcically immoral compromise that tramples the church-state divide between news and product sales (and, worse, isn’t all that funny). Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2025 This folly—which Iran has sternly warned against—is immoral, unjustified, and unlawful. Amira El-Fekki‎, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025 To argue that their mere presence is proof that the book is dangerous or its author must be as immoral as his characters misses the point. Kevin Dickinson, Big Think, 2 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for immoral

Word History

First Known Use

1660, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of immoral was in 1660

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“Immoral.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/immoral. Accessed 12 Sep. 2025.

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immoral

adjective
im·​mor·​al (ˈ)im-ˈ(m)ȯr-əl How to pronounce immoral (audio)
-ˈ(m)är-
: not moral : wicked, bad
immorally adverb

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