be immoral
Example Sentences
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“In approving Prop. 12, California voters chose to prohibit the in-state sale of pork products that they found to be immoral and potentially dangerous to human health.”
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 11, 2022
First, it would be immoral to violate the “nuclear taboo,” which has been in place and observed by all since 1945.
From Slate • Mar. 25, 2022
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
“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
