English Explanatory Dictionary

unright

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. That which is not right; wrong; injustice.
verb
  1. To make wrong.
adv
  1. Wrongly.

Word forms

unright unrights unrighting unrighted more unright most unright

Etymology

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”).

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