26984 words

immoral

3 definitions • 5 examples
1
morally wrong, or outside society's standards of acceptable, honest, and moral behaviour:

Examples:

an immoral act
immoral behaviour
It's an immoral tax, because the poor will pay relatively more.
2
money earned from prostitution (= having sex in exchange for money):

Examples:

live off immoral earnings If convicted, she could be jailed for five years for living off immoral earnings.
3
not following accepted standards of morally right behavior or thought:

Examples:

Discrimination on the basis of race is immoral.

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