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[ adjective ] not adhering to ethical or moral principles
Synonyms Examples "base and unpatriotic motives" "a base, degrading way of life" "cheating is dishonorable" "they considered colonialism immoral" "unethical practices in handling public funds" Used in print (Edward P. Lawton, "Northern Liberals and Southern...)As for states ' rights , they have never counted in the thinking of my liberal friends except as irritations of a minor and immoral nature which exist now only as anachronisms . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] violating principles of right and wrong
Used in print (The Rev. John A. O'Brien, "Let's Take Birth Control...)Up_to the turn_of_the_century , contraception was condemned by all Christian_churches as immoral , unnatural and contrary to divine_law . (Morton A. Kaplan and Nicholas de B. Katzenbach,...)It was , too , an optimistic philosophy , and , though it separated law from morality , it was by_no_means an immoral or amoral one . Related terms moral amoral disgraceful scrofulous debauched evil wicked unchaste unrighteous morality |
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