IMMORAL


Meaning of IMMORAL in English

im ‧ mor ‧ al /ɪˈmɒrəl $ ɪˈmɔː-/ BrE AmE adjective

[ Word Family: noun : ↑ moral , morals, ↑ morality ≠ ↑ immorality , ↑ moralist , ↑ amorality ; adjective : ↑ moral ≠ ↑ immoral , ↑ amoral , ↑ moralistic ; verb : ↑ moralize ; adverb : ↑ morally ≠ ↑ immorally ]

1 . morally wrong ⇨ amoral :

Deliberately making people suffer is immoral.

It’s immoral to be rich while people are starving and homeless.

2 . not following accepted standards of sexual behaviour

—immorally adverb

—immorality /ˌɪməˈræləti, ˌɪməˈrælɪti/ noun [uncountable] :

the immorality of bombing civilians

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.