unright

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”).

unright (usually uncountable, plural unrights)

1. (archaic) That which is not right; wrong; injustice.

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

unright (third-person singular simple present unrights, present participle unrighting, simple past and past participle unrighted)

1. (transitive) To make wrong.

From Middle English unright, unriȝt, unriht, from Old English unriht (“wrong, unrighteous, wicked, false, unlawful”), from Proto-Germanic *unrehtaz (“unright”), equivalent to un- (“not”) +‎ right. Cognate with Scots unricht (“unfair, unjust”), Dutch onrecht (“wrong”), German unrecht (“wrong”), Swedish orätt (“wrong”).

unright (comparative more unright, superlative most unright)

1. Not right; unrighteous; unjust; wrong.

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

unright (comparative more unright, superlative most unright)

1. (archaic or obsolete) Wrongly.

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