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unright.

That which is not right; wrong; injustice.

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. That which is not right; wrong; injustice.

    archaic · uncountable · usually
Where this word comes from

From Middle English unright, unriȝt, unriht, from Old English unriht (“wrong, sin, vice, wickedness, evil, injustice, oppression, a wrong act”), equivalent to un- (“absence of”) + right. Cognate with Scots unricht (“wrongdoing, injustice”), Dutch onrecht (“injustice, inequity, wrong”), German Unrecht (“injustice”), Swedish orätt (“injustice, wrong, sin”).

verb
  1. To make wrong.

    transitive
Where this word comes from

From Middle English unrighten, from unright (“unright”, adj.).

adj
  1. wrong

Where this word comes from

From Middle English unright, unrighte, from Old English unrihte (“wrongly, crookedly, unjustly”), equivalent to un- + right.

adv
  1. Wrongly.

    archaic · obsolete
Where this word comes from

From Middle English unright, unrighte, from Old English unrihte (“wrongly, crookedly, unjustly”), equivalent to un- + right.

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