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a⋅mor⋅al

  [ey-mawr-uhl, a-mawr-, ey-mor-, a-mor-]
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–adjective
1. not involving questions of right or wrong; without moral quality; neither moral nor immoral.
2. having no moral standards, restraints, or principles; unaware of or indifferent to questions of right or wrong: a completely amoral person.
Origin:
1880–85; a- 6 + moral

Related forms:
a⋅mor⋅al⋅ism, noun
a⋅mo⋅ral⋅i⋅ty  [ey-muh-ral-i-tee, am-uh-] , noun
a⋅mor⋅al⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
See immoral.
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a·mor·al   (ā-môr'əl, ā-mŏr'-)   
adj.  
  1. Not admitting of moral distinctions or judgments; neither moral nor immoral.
  2. Lacking moral sensibility; not caring about right and wrong.
a·mor'al·ism n., a'mo·ral'i·ty (ā'mô-rāl'ĭ-tē, -mə-) n., a·mor'al·ly adv.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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amoral 
"ethically indifferent," a hybrid formed from Gk. priv. prefix a- "not" + moral (q.v.), which is derived from L. First used by Robert Louis Stephenson (1850-94) as a differentiation from immoral.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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