immoral
adjUK /ɪˈmɒɹəl/ · US /ɪˈmɔɹəl/
Etymology From im- + moral.
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Breaching principles of natural law, rectitude, or justice, and so inconsistent with the demands of virtue, purity, or "good morals"; not right, not moral. (Compare unethical, illegal.)
- Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous.English Standard translation of the Bible, Book of Hebrews 13:4
- Lessons from history remind us that immoral societies don’t last very long and that the saying, “Good will be rewarded and evil will incur punishment” is a truism, reminding us of the proper way to behave—for our own benefit and that of others.2020 May 27, Qingtong, “Officials in Ancient Times Blessed for Doing Good Deeds”, in Minghui:
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aberrant, corrupt, corrupted, depraved, dirty-handed, dissolute, effete, errant, indecent, indecorous, immodest, immoral, improper, incontinent, iniquitous, iniquous, licentious, nought, obscene, perverse, perverted, profligate, reprobate, unduteous, undutiful, unethical, ungodly, unjust, unprincipled, unrighteous, unseemly, unscrupulous, unworthy, wrong- Derived terms
- immoralism, immoralist, immoralistic, immoralize, immorally
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- inhumane, inequitable, unfair, despicable
- Hypernyms
- impure, unrestrained
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- criminal, debauched, decadent, degenerate, devious, dishonest, evil, promiscuous, shameless, vicious, villainous