Unrighteous
[,ʌn'raitʃәs]
Definition
(adj.) not righteous; 'an unrighteous man'; 'an unrighteous law' .
Checker: Mandy--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Not righteous; evil; wicked; sinful; as, an unrighteous man.
(a.) Contrary to law and equity; unjust; as, an unrighteous decree or sentence.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Wicked, ungodly, unholy, sinful, wrong, not righteous.[2]. Unjust, unfair, iniquitous, inequitable, nefarious, heinous.
Typist: Thaddeus
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Wrongful, unjust, unfair, unequitable,[See HARD]
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Definition
adj. not righteous: wicked: unjust.—n. Unright′ injustice.—adv. Unrigh′teously.—n. Unrigh′teousness.—adj. Unright′ful.—adv. Unright′fully.—n. Unright′fulness.
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Examples
- There were hours in which Bulstrode felt that his action was unrighteous; but how could he go back? George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- When the wrath of the hater of the unrighteous was not slaked even in blood, and yet found favour? Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- This was an unrighteous thing to do by our modern standards, but it was not a base or greedy thing to do. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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