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immoral
im‧mor‧al /ɪˈmɒrəl $ ɪˈmɔː-/ adjective
 Word Family: noun: moral, morals, morality ≠ immorality, moralist, amorality; adjective: moral ≠ immoral, amoral, moralistic; verb: moralize; adverb: morally ≠ immorally
1. morally wrong ⇨ amoral:
    Deliberately making people suffer is immoral.
    It’s immoral to be rich while people are starving and homeless.
2. not following accepted standards of sexual behaviour
—immorally adverb
—immorality /ˌɪməˈræləti, ˌɪməˈrælɪti/ noun [uncountable]:
    the immorality of bombing civilians