1
as in unlawful
not conforming to a high moral standard; morally unacceptable
blatantly immoral behavior by members of the clergy that should not be tolerated by the community
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as in ruthless
not guided by or showing a concern for what is right
stealing another's words, even over the Internet, remains an immoral act
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Recent Examples of immoral
Our state and local leaders are the last defense against unconstitutional and immoral federal policies.
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Murad Awawdeh, New York Daily News, 16 Dec. 2024
This is perhaps the most immoral aspect of watching members of Congress downplay the impact of melting polar caps or having presidential debates in which the topic of global warming is handled like an afterthought.
—Lz Granderson, The Mercury News, 2 Oct. 2024
That level of greed and inequality is not only immoral.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 1 Dec. 2024
Regulated sportsbooks find gambling on minors immoral in some respects, but you guys don’t.
—Jay Ginsbach, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
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Murad Awawdeh, New York Daily News, 16 Dec. 2024
This is perhaps the most immoral aspect of watching members of Congress downplay the impact of melting polar caps or having presidential debates in which the topic of global warming is handled like an afterthought.
—Lz Granderson, The Mercury News, 2 Oct. 2024
That level of greed and inequality is not only immoral.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 1 Dec. 2024
Regulated sportsbooks find gambling on minors immoral in some respects, but you guys don’t.
—Jay Ginsbach, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for immoral
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There is nothing sudden or unexpected about unlawful immigration at the southern border.—
Elizabeth Goitein,
TIME,
23 Jan. 2025
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The aim was to see how institutions — both public and private — would react to a president giving unlawful or unethical orders.—
Byron Tau,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Jan. 2025
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The lawyer who normally practices in New York is gregarious, quick with a joke and always happy to talk to the media, but can be ruthless in cross-examination.—
Andrew Dalton,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Jan. 2025
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City are going through some stuff, Arsenal aren’t ruthless enough, Chelsea are wobbling, teams will figure out how to beat Nottingham Forest soon enough, Newcastle are the form team now but are an Alexander Isak injury away from trouble.—
Carl Anka,
The Athletic,
16 Jan. 2025
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And in this case, there’s nothing more sinful than talking about LeBron James trades.—
Dan Woike,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Dec. 2024
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But it also was forged from a particular kind of alchemy that separates a sinful holiday confection from a sugar-sodden mess.—
Brenna Ehrlich,
Rolling Stone,
19 Nov. 2024
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Many such stories also contain the suggestion, sometimes explicit, that the old civilization was unbearably corrupt and that its violent collapse was overdue.—
Jennifer Szalai,
New York Times,
22 Jan. 2025
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Hunter Biden had been the point man in the decades-long Biden family business of selling access to his father and his political influence to agents of corrupt and anti-American foreign regimes, including the Chinese Communist Party.—
The Editors,
National Review,
21 Jan. 2025
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This was not out of choice: After his capture and before his execution, Höss was ordered to write his memoir, giving an insight into the workings of a mind that was both ordinary and chillingly evil.—
Saskya Vandoorne,
CNN,
17 Jan. 2025
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Nietzsche’s treatise criticizes philosophers who rest their moral framework on the assumption that good and evil are opposites.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
13 Jan. 2025
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Read Next: Supreme Court Declines to Hear Utah’s Public-Lands Lawsuit The anti-hound petition filed in Arizona deals in unsupported accusations that hunting with hounds isn’t fair chase, GPS collars are unethical, and so on.—
Natalie Krebs,
Outdoor Life,
16 Jan. 2025
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Brown attempted to please prosecutors over the years, collecting information from inside or outside the jail in ways legal experts told the Herald was unethical, improper and likely a violation of other inmates’ rights.—
Brittany Wallman,
Miami Herald,
2 Jan. 2025
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Social media lit up with outrage directed toward Jubilee for giving voice to a vicious troll.—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
23 Jan. 2025
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The roughest angle to imposter syndrome seems to be a potentially vicious cycle that can ensue.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
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Objective voters who watched the recent documentary about Lev Parnas, once a Trump ally, should fear a redux of a Cabinet running the government for an angry, unhinged, unprincipled man.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
1 Oct. 2024
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All of this coincided with a period of unprincipled practices in the media.—
Meg Walters,
Glamour,
20 Nov. 2024
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“Immoral.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/immoral. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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