unmoral

[ uhn-mawr-uhl, -mor- ]

adjective

1. neither moral nor immoral; amoral; nonmoral:

   Nature is unmoral.

unmoral

/ ˌʌnməˈrælɪtɪ; ʌnˈmɒrəl /

adjective

1. outside morality; amoral

Derived Forms

• unˈmorally, adverb
• unmorality, noun

Other Words From

• un·mo·ral·i·ty [uhn-m, uh, -, ral, -i-tee, -maw-], noun
• un·moral·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of unmoral¹

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

Synonym Study

See immoral.

Example Sentences

We do not condemn her because she loves ease, which is a motive common to all men and therefore unmoral, not immoral.

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I was twenty, and she a mad, wanton creature, wonderful and unmoral and filled with life to the brim.

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

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I guess I'm just fundamentally unmoral myself, he thought, and began reading the news clips.

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To attack Whitman on the score of morality is unjustifiable; his sex poems are simply unmoral.

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