immoral Hear it!

immoral Definition

im·moral (i môrəl)

adjective

  1. not in conformity with accepted principles of right and wrong behavior
  2. wicked
  3. not in conformity with the accepted standards of proper sexual behavior; unchaste; lewd

Etymology: < in- + moral

immoral Related Forms

im·mor·ally adverb

immoral Synonyms

immoral

modif.

immoral Usage Examples

Preposition: about

eugenics: BMJ 319, 1283 Caplan, A.L. , McGee, G. and Magnus, D. ( 1999 ) What is immoral about eugenics?

Adjective complement with noun phrase

do: And if you are doing something immoral, Jesus will call you away from that.

Modifies a noun

  • behavior: The desire for a wife can lead to immoral behavior.
  • earning: Sir Judas Moffatt also has a farm, so he may have immoral steel earnings topped up too.
  • invasion: It is also illegitimate because it comes as the result of the illegal and immoral invasion of Iraq.
  • act: He should not verbally abuse others, nor should commit immoral acts.
  • behavior: He also thought that they may be tempted to emulate some of the immoral behavior in such texts.
  • conduct: With the free market, it is believed, comes immoral personal conduct.

Modifying Another Word

  • intrinsically: Some people insist that their mere existence is intrinsically immoral.
  • grossly: Archeological finds confirm that these nations were grossly immoral and wicked.
  • fundamentally: There's no sense in morality, I suppose, unless you are fundamentally immoral.
  • deeply: Either America will persist in, strengthen even, the deeply immoral attitude of " Why should this happen to us?
  • totally: Well, for a start, many Kingston people believe debt slavery is totally immoral.

Infinitive complement

  • use: It was immoral to use war for political gain.
  • threaten: We are convinced, however, that if it is immoral to use these weapons it is also immoral to threaten their use.

Used with adjective complement

  • seem: The things that he had previously been involved in now seemed immoral.
  • consider: The dance was soon considered immoral with its flirting music!
  • become: Even to dream of a national home would then become immoral.