immoral behaviour

collocation in English

meaningsofimmoralandbehaviour

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immoral
adjective
uk
/ɪˈmɒr.əl/us
/ɪˈmɔːr.əl/
morally wrong, or outside society's standards of acceptable, honest, and ...
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behaviour
noun
uk
/bɪˈheɪ.vjər/us
/bɪˈheɪ.vjɚ/
the way that ...
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(Definition ofimmoralandbehaviourfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofimmoral behaviour

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The embellishment by appropriate sound effects is meant to be cautionary tales againstimmoralbehaviour, but ironically make it perfect for the privacy they seek.
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And those who claim that it is, reveal thereby, not only their complete moral insensitivity, but also contribute toimmoralbehaviour.
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Not even the suggestion of prohibiting certain advertisements that might concealimmoralbehaviourwas accepted.
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Children's moral motive strength and temperamental inhibition reduce theirimmoralbehaviourin real moral conflicts.
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Like anyone else engaged inimmoralbehaviour, they justify their action by involving as many others in similar behaviour as possible.
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Where is the really bad orimmoralbehaviour?
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Presumably, these laws were enacted in the first place to prevent any outbreaks of rowdiness or any outbreak ofimmoralbehaviour.
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Some people even viewimmoralbehaviouras a symptom of modernity.
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We are against promotingimmoralbehaviour.
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One of the great problems of controlling behaviour is in dealing with those who copy what they see as the weaknesses and theimmoralbehaviourof others.
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Even if people displayedimmoralbehaviour, the supreme regulative principle was good.
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Like his previous works, the theme is very much morality, even where the stories themselves have a tendency to describe ratherimmoralbehaviour.
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If that equality breaks down, it can only be, because ofimmoralbehaviourby citizens.
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The beings reason with those beings who engage in destructive orimmoralbehaviour, although such instances are extremely rare.
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Doctors in the 19th century were establishing themselves as arbiters of sanity but were reliant on subjective diagnoses and tended to equate insanity with eccentric orimmoralbehaviour.
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