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adjective
- 1. lacking a moral sense; unconcerned with the rightness or wrongness of something: "an amoral attitude to sex"
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The meaning of AMORAL is having or showing no concern about whether behavior is morally right or wrong. How to use amoral in a sentence.
The dictionary definition of amoral is "having or showing no concern about whether behavior is morally right or wrong"—compendiously, "without morals." For example, an infant, unlearned in what is right and wrong, is amoral; someone who lacks the mental ability to understand right or wrong due to illness might be described as amoral.
unconscionably. unethical. See more results » (Definition of amoral from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press) amoral | American Dictionary. adjective [ not gradable ] us / eɪˈmɔr·əl, -ˈmɑr- / Add to word list. without moral principles: Business is an amoral activity focused coldly on success.
(Definition of amoral from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press) amoral | Intermediate English. adjective [ not gradable ] us / eɪˈmɔr·əl, -ˈmɑr- / Add to word list. without moral principles: Business is an amoral activity focused coldly on success.
If you describe someone as amoral, you do not like the way they behave because they do not seem to care whether what they do is right or wrong.
The adjective amoral adds the prefix a-, "not," to moral, "concerned with the principles of right and wrong." Amoral people don't have a moral code — the morality or ethics of what they do doesn't matter to them, whether or not they're aware of the concept of right and wrong.
Use amoral when someone doesn’t believe in right and wrong, doesn’t understand right and wrong, or doesn’t have a conscience, and so can’t be said to act against it. If right and wrong don’t apply to something, like animals or natural forces, use unmoral .
Definition of amoral adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
There are two meanings listed in OED's entry for the adjective amoral. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
If you describe someone as amoral, you do not like the way they behave because they do not seem to care whether what they do is right or wrong.
