adjectival noun or quasi-adjective, noun

  1. lack of virtue, immorality, vice, depravity, unworthiness.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
不徳 ふとく

Contained Kanji Breakdown

negative, non-, bad
 (4th, N4)
cliff (厂) variant
divining, fortune-telling, divination or katakana to radical (no. 25)
ボク うらな.う うらない (Kentei Pre-1)
benevolence, virtue, goodness
トク のり あつ (5th, N1)
stop, linger, loiter
テキ たたず.む (Kentei 1)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ えい よう (Kentei 1)
human radical (no. 9)
ten
ジュウ ジッ ジュッ (1st, N5)
net radical variant (no. 122)
モウ ボウ あみがしら
heart, mind, spirit
こころ シン (2nd, N4)