Standard Lemma guide

unright

adj · adv · noun · verb · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

wrong

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adv

Meaning 2

Wrongly.

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Usage: archaic, obsolete

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noun

Meaning 3

That which is not right; wrong; injustice.

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Usage: archaic, uncountable, usually

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verb

Meaning 4

To make wrong.

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Usage: transitive

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History

Etymology

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

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”).

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