Immoral


[ih-mawr-uh l, ih-mor-] /ɪˈmɔr əl, ɪˈmɒr-/

adjective
1.
violating principles; not conforming to the patterns of conduct usually accepted or established as consistent with principles of personal and social ethics.
2.
licentious or lascivious.
/ɪˈmɒrəl/
adjective
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
adj.

1650s, from assimilated form of in- (1) “not” + moral (adj.). Related: Immorally.

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