adj
amoral
ay-MOR-uhl
adj
1
Not concerned with, or not guided by, any sense of right and wrong.
"The character is portrayed as coldly amoral, indifferent to who gets hurt."
"Nature itself is amoral — it has no notion of fairness."
How to Use Amoral
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishHaving no interest in morality at all — neither good nor bad, just indifferent to it.
Common mistake
Don't confuse with "immoral": amoral means having no moral sense at all, while immoral means knowingly doing wrong.
Easily confused with
Word Forms
more amoral comparative, most amoral superlative
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Etymology
Built from the prefix "a-" ("not, without") plus "moral" — the opposite is "immoral", which implies actively doing wrong rather than simply lacking any moral compass.