Unright Definition
Not right; unrighteous; unjust; wrong.
(archaic or obsolete) Wrongly.
Origin of Unright
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From Middle English, from Old English unriht (“wrong, sin, vice, wickedness, evil, injustice, oppression, a wrong act”), equivalent to un- + right. Cognate with Scots unricht (“wrongdoing, injustice”), Dutch onrecht (“injustice, inequity, wrong”), German Unrecht (“injustice”), Swedish orätt (“injustice, wrong, sin”).
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From Middle English, from Old English unriht (“wrong, unrighteous, wicked, false, unlawful”), from Proto-Germanic *unrehtaz (“unright”), equivalent to un- + right. Cognate with Scots unricht (“unfair, unjust”), Dutch onrecht (“wrong”), German unrecht (“wrong”), Swedish orätt (“wrong”).
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From Middle English, from Old English unrihte (“wrongly, crookedly, unjustly”), equivalent to un- + right.
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From Middle English unrighten, from unright (“unright”, adj.).
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