unrighteous

English

Alternative forms

• unrightwise (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English unrightwis, from Old English unrihtwīs; equivalent to un- +‎ righteous.

Adjective

unrighteous (comparative more unrighteous, superlative most unrighteous)

1. Not righteous; wicked.

   Antonym: righteous

   • 1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XVI, in Romance and Reality. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 283:

     It is well for our weak and wicked race that our unrighteous wishes lack the temptation of power.

Derived terms

• unrighteously
• unrighteousness

Translations

not righteous

• Bulgarian: нечестив (bg) (nečestiv), грешен (bg) (grešen)
• Irish: ainfhíréanta, eisionraic, neamhfhíréanta
• Plautdietsch: onjerajcht
• Romanian: injust (ro), nedrept (ro); necinstit (ro)