(ふどうとく)

ふどうとく
noun, na-adjective
immorality; immoral
descriptive
1. immorality; immoral; unethical
Behavior or conduct that violates moral standards or social norms. Used both as a noun and as a な-adjective.
それ不道徳(ふどうとく)行為(こうい)だ。
That is an immoral act.
Immoral behavior is criticized by society.
The idea that it's acceptable to do immoral things for profit is wrong.

Formed from () (negation prefix) + 道徳(どうとく) (morality, ethics). Common collocations: 不道徳(ふどうとく)行為(こうい) (immoral act), 不道徳(ふどうとく)行動(こうどう) (immoral behavior), and 不道徳(ふどうとく)(ひと) (immoral person). Compare with 非道徳(ひどうとく) (amoral, outside the scope of morality) and 反道徳(はんどうとく) (anti-moral, deliberately opposing morality). 不道徳(ふどうとく) implies a failure to meet moral standards, not a rejection of morality itself.