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発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ɪˈmɒɹəl/
• (General American) IPA: /ɪˈmɔɹəl/
• 韻: -ɒɹəl

形容詞

immoral (comparative more immoral, superlative most immoral)

1. Breaching principles of natural law, rectitude, or justice, and so inconsistent with the demands of virtue, purity, or "good morals"; not right, not moral. (Compare unethical, illegal.)

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:immoral

   Antonyms: moral, pure, righteous

   • English Standard translation of the Bible, Book of Hebrews 13:4:

     Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous.

   • 2020 May 27, Qingtong, “Officials in Ancient Times Blessed for Doing Good Deeds”, in Minghui‎:

     Lessons from history remind us that immoral societies don’t last very long and that the saying, “Good will be rewarded and evil will incur punishment” is a truism, reminding us of the proper way to behave—for our own benefit and that of others.

使用する際の注意点

• Said of people, deeds, groups, traditions, or practices.

等位語

• amoral
• unethical
• illegal

派生語

参考

• inhumane
• inequitable
• unfair

Further reading

• “immoral”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “immoral”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.