adj
Meaning 1
Not righteous; wicked.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: righteous
Standard Lemma guide
unrighteous
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adjective
Meaning 2
not righteous
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- an unrighteous man
- an unrighteous law
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: righteous
History
Etymology
From Middle English unrightwis, from Old English unrihtwīs; equivalent to un- + righteous.
Across languages
Translations
11 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: нечестив (nečestiv) — not righteous
- Bulgarian: грешен (grešen) — not righteous
- Hindi: अधर्मी (adharmī) — not righteous
- Hindi: पापी (pāpī) — not righteous
- Irish: ainfhíréanta — not righteous
- Irish: eisionraic — not righteous
- Irish: neamhfhíréanta — not righteous
- Plautdietsch: onjerajcht — not righteous
- Romanian: injust — not righteous
- Romanian: nedrept — not righteous
- Romanian: necinstit — not righteous