Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Contrary to established moral principles.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not moral; not conforming to or consistent with the moral law; unprincipled; dissolute; vicious; licentious.
- Contrary to good order or public welfare; inimical to the rights or common interests of others: a legal and commercial sense.
- Synonyms Illegal, Wicked, etc. See
criminal .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Not moral; inconsistent with rectitude, purity, or good morals; contrary to conscience or the divine law; wicked; unjust; dishonest; vicious; licentious
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Not
moral ;inconsistent withrectitude ,purity , or goodmorals ; contrary toconscience or thedivine law .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective not adhering to ethical or moral principles
- adjective deliberately violating accepted principles of right and wrong
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Examples
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Obama for dedicating a month to what she called the immoral behavior, that would be Gay pride month.
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ROBERTS: The big legal point here is this idea that he gave her a train ticket, brought her down from New York, interstate trafficking in women for what they call immoral purposes.
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The pope is urging them not to fill prescriptions that have what he calls immoral purposes.
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Pope Benedict XVI is urging catholic pharmacists not to fill prescriptions that have what he calls immoral purposes.
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HAMMER: You ` re not going to believe what else he said about Ellen DeGeneres and what he calls immoral move restars.
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In Saudi Arabia, religious leaders have repeatedly lashed out against movies, music, and many television shows which they call immoral and worthless.
Infidels Are Cool 2009
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He said it was the Government's "responsibility to protect the people of Malaysia" from what he described as immoral Western influences.
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To say that she thinks it's immoral is a perfectly accurate report of her own ethical judgement.
Archive 2010-05-01 Hal Duncan 2010
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Will the ACLU try to force, with guns if necessary, citizens to associate with those who indulge in immoral behavior?
Think Progress » ACLU will sue high school that canceled prom to stop lesbians from attending. 2010
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Will the ACLU try to force, with guns if necessary, citizens to associate with those who indulge in immoral behavior?
Think Progress » ACLU will sue high school that canceled prom to stop lesbians from attending. 2010
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