nonmoral

nonmoral
nonmorality, n.nonmorally, adv.
/non mawr"euhl, -mor"-/, adj.
having no relation to morality; neither moral nor immoral: It was a completely nonmoral problem and involved only judgments as to efficacy.
[1865-70; NON- + MORAL]
Syn. See immoral.

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