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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Altering Medicaid in any way that decreases services, decreases funding to the states, or builds roadblocks to care is immoral and against Christian values. Dr. James W. Cox-Chapman, Hartford Courant, 11 May 2025 Under him, juvenile justice is unjust, and the department has been spending in ways that are immoral and not proper accounting or spending of taxes. Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 8 May 2025 He was raised on a secluded farm in Plainfield by an alcoholic father and a deeply religious mother who instilled in him the belief that women and sexuality were immoral, according to History.com. Jenna Dejong, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 May 2025 On a visit to Nagasaki and Hiroshima, where the world's first atomic bombs were dropped, killing tens of thousands, his message was unequivocal: nuclear weapons are immoral. Kim Hjelmgaard, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for immoral

Word History

First Known Use

1660, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
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 17 May. 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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