amoral
adjective
amor·al
(ˌ)ā-ˈmȯr-əl 
(ˌ)a-,
-ˈmär-
1
a
: having or showing no concern about whether behavior is morally right or wrong
amoral politicians
an amoral, selfish person
b
: being neither moral nor immoral
specifically
: lying outside the sphere to which moral judgments apply
Science as such is completely amoral. —
W. S. Thompson
W. S. Thompson 2
: being outside or beyond the moral order or a particular code of morals
amoral customs
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If Joe Biden looks old and incompetent, Trump looks old, amoral and unethical.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 26 Aug. 2024
The Byzantines wrote an amoral flexibility into their system, despite its putative religiosity—a realistic approach that has become more difficult to accomplish in the United States, partly owing to the power of a sanctimonious media establishment.
—Robert D. Kaplan, Foreign Affairs, 4 Oct. 2022
The Morning Show pulls enough from contemporary news stories to resemble a 2020s update of The Newsroom, but with a funhouse-mirror slant toward the gleefully amoral rather than the Sorkin-ly preachy.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 17 July 2024
Building a lexicon around shame creates an easy dichotomy − one that separates foods, and our desire for them, into good and bad, sinful and pure, moral and amoral.
—Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 3 Oct. 2024
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Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 26 Aug. 2024
The Byzantines wrote an amoral flexibility into their system, despite its putative religiosity—a realistic approach that has become more difficult to accomplish in the United States, partly owing to the power of a sanctimonious media establishment.
—Robert D. Kaplan, Foreign Affairs, 4 Oct. 2022
The Morning Show pulls enough from contemporary news stories to resemble a 2020s update of The Newsroom, but with a funhouse-mirror slant toward the gleefully amoral rather than the Sorkin-ly preachy.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 17 July 2024
Building a lexicon around shame creates an easy dichotomy − one that separates foods, and our desire for them, into good and bad, sinful and pure, moral and amoral.
—Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 3 Oct. 2024
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“Amoral.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/amoral. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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