Question 1 · Quick check
immoral
/ɪˈmɒɹəl/
adjective
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In plain English
- 01
adjective
Not following accepted standards of right and wrong.
- 02
adjective
Extra detailBreaching 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 contextIt 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.