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unmoral

[ uhn-mawr-uh l, -mor- ]

/ ʌnˈmɔr əl, -ˈmɒr- /

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adjective

neither moral nor immoral; amoral; nonmoral: Nature is unmoral.

Origin of unmoral

First recorded in 1835–45; un-¹ + moral

SYNONYMS FOR unmoral

See immoral.

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OTHER WORDS FROM unmoral

un·mo·ral·i·ty

[uhn-muh-ral-i-tee, -maw-] /ˌʌn məˈræl ɪ ti, -mɔ-/, noun un·mor·al·ly, adverb

Words nearby unmoral

unmixed, unmoderated, unmold, unmolested, unmoor, unmoral, unmortise, unmoved, unmoved mover, unmoving, unmuffle

Example sentences from the Web for unmoral

The Greek gods were frankly not so much immoral, which predicates a code of morals, as unmoral.

The Hearts of Men |H. Fielding
The unmoral sentiment of a Shelley for Beauty may issue in another generation in the immoral sentiment of a Swinburne.

The Right and Wrong Uses of the Bible |R. Heber Newton
He realized that his general moral or unmoral attitude was perhaps working them a temporary injustice.

The Financier |Theodore Dreiser
To begin with, it is unmoral, as a novel of this kind must necessarily be.

When Winter Comes to Main Street |Grant Martin Overton

If freedom is a fiction the universe is not only unmoral, but immoral.

The Ascent of the Soul |Amory H. Bradford

British Dictionary definitions for unmoral

unmoral

/ (ʌnˈmɒrəl) /

adjective

outside morality; amoral

Derived forms of unmoral

unmorality (ˌʌnməˈrælɪtɪ), noun unmorally, adverb