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IMMORAL
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Deliberately violating accepted principles of right and wrong
Classified under:
Similar:
debauched; degenerate; degraded; dissipated; dissolute; fast; libertine; profligate; riotous (unrestrained by convention or morality)
decadent; fin-de-siecle (marked by excessive self-indulgence and moral decay)
disgraceful; scandalous; shameful; shocking (giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation)
scrofulous (morally contaminated)
Also:
unchaste (not chaste)
evil (morally bad or wrong)
unrighteous (not righteous)
wicked (morally bad in principle or practice)
Attribute:
morality (concern with the distinction between good and evil or right and wrong; right or good conduct)
Antonym:
moral (concerned with principles of right and wrong or conforming to standards of behavior and character based on those principles)
Derivation:
immorality (the quality of not being in accord with standards of right or good conduct)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Not adhering to ethical or moral principles
Example:
unethical practices in handling public funds
Synonyms:
base; immoral
Classified under:
Similar:
wrong (contrary to conscience or morality or law)
Derivation:
immorality (the quality of not being in accord with standards of right or good conduct)
