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as in corruption
immoral conduct or practices harmful or offensive to society
religious denominations that regard drinking, smoking, and even dancing as examples of immorality
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as in evil
that which is morally unacceptable
a sermon about modern society's casual acceptance of or indifference to immorality
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Recent Examples of immorality
The series, which ran from 1999 to 2006, depicted Washington as a place where despite the politicking and immorality, the Constitution prevailed.
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Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2024
To make its new version of Cleo a crusader, the series has to make the Black community around her incredibly susceptible to superstition and immorality, and that’s a crummy bargain.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 24 July 2024
Not the immorality of our national debt … this is about securing our nation and securing our people.
—Nick Coltrain, The Denver Post, 13 Oct. 2024
In some countries, once a woman is diagnosed with breast cancer, there is often a stigma that she is being punished for immorality and consequently, often faces abuse or abandonment from her family.
—Jess Craig, Vox, 25 Sep. 2024
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Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2024
To make its new version of Cleo a crusader, the series has to make the Black community around her incredibly susceptible to superstition and immorality, and that’s a crummy bargain.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 24 July 2024
Not the immorality of our national debt … this is about securing our nation and securing our people.
—Nick Coltrain, The Denver Post, 13 Oct. 2024
In some countries, once a woman is diagnosed with breast cancer, there is often a stigma that she is being punished for immorality and consequently, often faces abuse or abandonment from her family.
—Jess Craig, Vox, 25 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for immorality
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Although Russia has struggled to embrace startup culture, the big contractors have a stranglehold on the supply process; corruption is endemic, and the military know who to buy from.—
David Hambling,
Forbes,
24 Jan. 2025
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Removing and replacing up to 50,000 career civil servants with political loyalists smacks of corruption Americans won’t tolerate.—
Laura Rodriguez,
Orlando Sentinel,
23 Jan. 2025
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His surreal, operatic films and television shows examined romance, consciousness, evil, and the enduring rot beneath suburban sheen and Hollywood glamor.—
Madison Bloom,
Pitchfork,
17 Jan. 2025
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These evils are sensational and appalling, and there’s an impulse to perceive them as existing outside of our realities, perpetrated by people who aren’t like us.—
Billy J. Stratton,
The Conversation,
17 Jan. 2025
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Her final trial is a testament to her iron will and the sins she's been forged from.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
23 Jan. 2025
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Discovery role as Philippa Georgiou, the onetime Terran emperor who allies with the titular secret division of Starfleet — and in turn must face the sins of her past.—
Matt Webb Mitovich,
TVLine,
20 Jan. 2025
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Reports out of fall camp haven’t been super favorable to their offense, and while the defense will, again, be top-notch, a team with this bad of an offense cannot be trusted.—
Austin Mock,
The Athletic,
19 Aug. 2024
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The revenue could come from taxes on bads (pollution, for example) or on rents (including land and, above all, intellectual property).—
Martin Wolf,
Foreign Affairs,
1 July 2015
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Those states, along with my firm, Alliance Defending Freedom, asked the Supreme Court to right the wrongs of the lower courts.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
17 Jan. 2025
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If Cooper had a meaningful chance to right his Michigan wrongs in a postseason tournament?—
Jason Lloyd,
The Athletic,
17 Jan. 2025
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“Immorality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/immorality. Accessed 31 Jan. 2025.
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