immoralim‧mor‧al /ɪˈmɒrəl $ ɪˈmɔː-/ adjective 
Deliberately making people suffer is immoral. It’s immoral to be rich while people are starving and homeless.2not following accepted standards of sexual behaviour—immorally adverb—immorality /ˌɪməˈræləti/ noun [uncountable]: the immorality of bombing civilians
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Critics complain that the lyrics of the song encourage anti-social and immoral behavior.
- In many such stories, women are portrayed as untrustworthy and immoral.
- Many people think that testing cosmetics on animals is immoral.
- My parents think my lifestyle is both dangerous and immoral.
- Their church believes that dancing is sinful and immoral.
- To spend £23 billion on nuclear weapons is immoral, and a terrible waste of money.
- All the sadistic, immoral thrills of a million lifetimes put together could not begin to equal what I felt.
- I can only point out the immoral lifestyle that accompanied his profession and the evidence of spiritual deceit.
- Many welfare opponents vilify recipients as lazy and immoral cheats and con artists.
- Or what is moral or immoral.
- Sometimes we accept that morality changes; that, what was immoral once is not immoral now.
- The point is that the activity itself, in this case combustion, is not by itself moral or immoral.
- They are impossible, immoral, and out of step with the whole history of salvation.
- Today teachers can still be fired for immoral conduct, but in most states such conduct must be linked to teacher effectiveness.
Longman Language Activatorwords for describing bad people or behaviour
use this about behaviour that is morally wrong, or about people who do things that are morally wrong: · In most movies, the bad guy gets caught in the end.· He had a bad influence on his younger brother.· Is there any crime worse than murdering a child?· It never occurred to Sally that the man had any bad intentions.
use this about actions that you believe are morally wrong and unacceptable, even if they are not illegal: · Many people think that testing cosmetics on animals is immoral.· To spend £23 billion on nuclear weapons is immoral, and a terrible waste of money.· Critics complain that the lyrics of the song encourage anti-social and immoral behavior.
deliberately very bad and very cruel to other people: · Police described the crime as wicked and inhuman.· He was an evil man who felt no sympathy for his victims.
informal use this about someone who is not at all honest, helpful, or kind: · That friend of yours is no good. I want you to stay away from her.· My first husband was a no-good, low-down son-of-a-bitch.
someone who is sinister looks bad or evil, so that other people are frightened of them: · Her dark eyes and evil laugh made her seem sinister.something sinister about somebody: · The man was dressed in a black suit and wore dark glasses. There was something sinister about him.
behaving in an unusually cruel and shocking way, that is not at all normal: · What kind of sick and twisted person would do such a thing?· Whoever sent you these disgusting letters must be twisted.
completely evil and morally unacceptable: · He was described as dangerous and depraved and a menace to society.· The film is about a psychiatrist who helps the police capture a depraved serial killer.
involving sexual behaviour or intentions that are considered immoral, unnatural, and harmful: · The newspaper has described the killer as perverted and sexually deviant.· They saw the affection she had for such an old man as unnatural and possibly perverted.
having a bad way of life · My parents think my lifestyle is both dangerous and immoral.· In many such stories, women are portrayed as untrustworthy and immoral.
a way of living that is decadent is concerned mainly with pleasure and enjoyment, and not with hard work or serious activities: · We spent the whole summer drinking, smoking and lying around. It must sound totally decadent.
formal not keeping to many of society's accepted moral standards -- use this especially about someone who behaves in a way that is sexually immoral: · He was labelled a degenerate youth by his teachers, and left the town before he was 16.
bad or immoral behaviour bad or immoral behaviour, especially relating to sex: · Chicago is a dangerous city and she felt surrounded by corruption and immorality.· Religious leaders campaigned against immorality in the film and music industry.
bad or immoral behaviour, especially involving crimes or not being fair or just: · The investigators found no evidence of wrongdoing and the company's managers were cleared of all charges.
formal bad behaviour by someone in a position of authority or trust, who is expected to behave according to the rules of their profession: · The commission decided there was no evidence of misconduct.professional misconduct: · At present, therapists cannot be found guilty of professional misconduct.gross misconduct (=very serious misconduct): · The police officer found guilty of being drunk on duty was dismissed for gross misconduct.
a quality in someone that makes them enjoy behaving in a very bad or immoral way: · We sensed a wickedness in him that made us feel sick inside.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY It’s immoral to be rich while people are starving and homeless.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB
It’s immoral to be rich while people are starving and homeless.· I am referring to a level of promiscuity which even the most liberal heterosexual would regard as immoral.· His negative expression of this belief in bipolarity was his denunciation of neutrality, which he characterized as immoral.· Is this to be judged as immoral?· For many people at the time such practices were regarded as immoral.· While Asquithians were attacking the Black and Tan policy as immoral, the Unionists were accusing the government of irresolution.
WORD FAMILYnounmoralmoralsmorality ≠ immoralitymoralistamoralityadjectivemoral ≠ immoralamoralmoralisticverbmoralizeadverbmorally ≠ immorally
1morally wrong: Deliberately making people suffer is immoral. It’s immoral to be rich while people are starving and homeless.2not following accepted standards of sexual behaviour—immorally adverb—immorality /ˌɪməˈræləti/ noun [uncountable]: the immorality of bombing civilians