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immoral

[ih-mawr-uhl, ih-mor-] / ɪˈmɔr əl, ɪˈmɒr- /




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Pinball was once considered immoral, a countercultural pursuit to be played in seedy spaces.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

"It becomes very dark when religion is used to justify immoral behaviour... using religion to justify especially dropping bombs is contradicting what the faith is about," says Bishop Strickland.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

He needs military leaders, diplomats and senior officials to carry out his orders — orders that, in this case, were grossly immoral.

From Salon • Apr. 11, 2026

In June 2025, during the previous war with Iran, the Association for Civil Rights in Israel expressed concern over the "not only immoral but also unconstitutional" situation.

From Barron's • Mar. 14, 2026

The private eyes learned that the marriage had been orchestrated by Minnie Savage—a “shrewd, immoral, capable woman,” as one investigator put it, who ran a boardinghouse in Pawhuska.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann




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