be immoral
Example Sentences
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Like many young people, Tony is a world-historically spoiled man who is nevertheless cursed, thanks to timing, to live out the end of an enterprise he knows on some level to be immoral.
From New York Times • Sep. 29, 2021
Of course there are actions that may be immoral, wrong or evil but not technically illegal.
From Salon • Jun. 25, 2021
I’ll probably get in trouble for this, but to not say something would be immoral.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2020
They made it a crime to be idle and poor, to wander about with no apparent purpose and no legitimate livelihood, or simply to be immoral in the eyes of local officials.
From Slate • Mar. 2, 2016
“You are well enough to leave. It would be immoral to turn a child out into the streets, so you will be taken to the orphan house.”
From "Fever 1793" by Laurie Halse Anderson
