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- Dictionaryim·mor·al/i(m)ˈmôrəl/
adjective
- 1. not conforming to accepted standards of morality: "an immoral and unwinnable war"
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The meaning of IMMORAL is not moral; broadly : conflicting with generally or traditionally held moral principles. How to use immoral in a sentence.
IMMORAL definition: 1. morally wrong, or outside society's standards of acceptable, honest, and moral behaviour: 2…. Learn more.
Immoral means not moral and connotes evil or licentious behavior. Amoral, nonmoral, and unmoral, virtually synonymous although the first is by far the most common form, mean utterly lacking in morals (either good or bad), neither moral nor immoral.
Use the adjective immoral to describe a person, group, or situation that intentionally goes against accepted ideas of what is right, like a government that attacks its own people, or a friend who steals your favorite spatula.
immoral, abandoned, depraved describe one who makes no attempt to curb self-indulgence. immoral, referring to conduct, applies to one who acts contrary to or does not obey or conform to standards of morality; it may also mean licentious and perhaps dissipated.
IMMORAL meaning: 1. morally wrong, or outside society's standards of acceptable, honest, and moral behaviour: 2…. Learn more.
Definition of immoral adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
( ɪˈmɒrəl) adj. 1. transgressing accepted moral rules; corrupt. 2. sexually dissolute; profligate or promiscuous. 3. unscrupulous or unethical: immoral trading. 4. tending to corrupt or resulting from corruption: an immoral film; immoral earnings. imˈmorally adv.
immoral, abandoned, depraved describe one who makes no attempt to curb self-indulgence. immoral, referring to conduct, applies to one who acts contrary to or does not obey or conform to standards of morality; it may also mean licentious and perhaps dissipated.
noun [ U ] uk / ˌɪməˈræləti / us. (Definition of immoral from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
