immoral

Universal Words adjective 1 (of people and their behaviour) not considered to be good or honest by most people: It's immoral to steal. * There's nothing immoral about wanting to earn more money. 2 not following accepted standards of sexual behaviour: an immoral act / life / person * They were charged with living off immoral earnings (= money earned by working as a prostitute). compareAMORAL, MORAL immorality noun [U,C] (plural immoralities): the immorality of war * a life of immorality immorally adverb