Dictionary Entry
amoral
Part of SpeechadjectivePronunciation/uh-MOR-ul/Word FrequencyUncommon (3.83)Curriculum FrequencyLess common (1)(of acts) Neither moral nor immoral.
In a Sentence
“The scientist's decision to test the drug without considering ethical guidelines was amoral.”
Published Usage Examples
“Would-be oppressors have historically recruited whatever argument (s) are at hand to justify atrocity, whether based on the in-group's supposed superiority, the victim's supposed moral failings, supposed divine preferences, or plain amoral arbitrariness.”
“That someone who could easily be amoral is portrayed with dimension is fantastic.”
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Origin
From Latin a‑‘without’ + moralis ‘moral’.
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