unright

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noun

That which is not right; wrong; injustice.

OriginMiddle English unright ← Old English unriht →
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Meanings

unright1

noununright (usually uncountable, plural unrights)

plural unrights

  1. archaicuncountableusuallyThat which is not right; wrong; injustice.

unright2

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

present singular third person unrights · participle present unrighting · participle past unrighted · past unrighted

  1. transitiveTo make wrong.

unright3

adjective
  1. wrong
adverbunright (comparative more unright, superlative most unright)

comparative more unright · superlative most unright

  1. archaicobsoleteWrongly.

Origin

unright · noun

  1. Old Englishunriht“wrong, sin, vice, wickedness, evil, injustice, oppression, a wrong act”
  2. Middle Englishunright
  3. Englishunright

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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unright · verb

  1. Middle Englishunrighten
  2. Englishunright

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

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unright · adjective, adverb

  1. Old Englishunrihte“wrongly, crookedly, unjustly”
  2. Middle Englishunright
  3. Englishunright

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

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Rhymes & wordplay

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unright,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unright.

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