amoral

amoral
[[t]e͟ɪmɒ̱rəl, AM -mɔ͟ːr-[/t]]
ADJ-GRADED (disapproval)
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.

...a society threatened by amoral and often random violence...

The film was violent and amoral.

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amorality [[t]e͟ɪməræ̱lɪti[/t]] N-UNCOUNT

Anita envied her sister's amorality and contempt for public opinion.


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  • amoral — index bad (offensive), diabolic, immoral, peccant (culpable) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

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