unrighteous

English

Alternative forms

unrightwise (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English unrightwis, from Old English unrihtwīs; equivalent to un- +‎ righteous.

Adjective

unrighteous (comparative more unrighteous, superlative most unrighteous)

Not righteous; wicked.
Antonym: righteous
- 1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XVI, in Romance and Reality. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 283:
  It is well for our weak and wicked race that our unrighteous wishes lack the temptation of power.

Derived terms

Translations

not righteous

Bulgarian: нечестив (bg) (nečestiv), грешен (bg) (grešen)
Irish: ainfhíréanta, eisionraic, neamhfhíréanta
Plautdietsch: onjerajcht
Romanian: injust (ro), nedrept (ro); necinstit (ro)

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