immoral

CEFRB2

/ɪˈmɒɹəl/

adjective

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Not following accepted standards of right and wrong.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    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.)

Examples

  • His immoral actions did not go unnoticed.

  • I refuse to choreograph such a hideous and immoral production.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
2
Parts of speech
1
Citations
2
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

More examples

In context
  • It is still immoral.

  • Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous.

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Origin

adjective

From im- + moral.