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
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is immoral a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, immoral is tagged as adjective.
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