"unright" meaning in English

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Adverb

Forms: more unright [comparative], most unright [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English unright, unrighte, from Old English unrihte (“wrongly, crookedly, unjustly”), equivalent to un- + right. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|unright}} Middle English unright, {{inh|en|ang|unrihte||wrongly, crookedly, unjustly}} Old English unrihte (“wrongly, crookedly, unjustly”), {{prefix|en|un|right}} un- + right Head templates: {{en-adv}} unright (comparative more unright, superlative most unright)
  1. (archaic or obsolete) Wrongly. Tags: archaic, obsolete
    Sense id: en-unright-en-adv-WUgtVSjU
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Noun

Forms: unrights [plural]
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”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*h₃reǵ-}}, {{inh|en|enm|unright}} Middle English unright, {{inh|en|ang|unriht|t=wrong, sin, vice, wickedness, evil, injustice, oppression, a wrong act}} Old English unriht (“wrong, sin, vice, wickedness, evil, injustice, oppression, a wrong act”), {{prefix|en|un|right|t1=absence of}} un- (“absence of”) + right, {{cog|sco|unricht||wrongdoing, injustice}} Scots unricht (“wrongdoing, injustice”), {{cog|nl|onrecht||injustice, inequity, wrong}} Dutch onrecht (“injustice, inequity, wrong”), {{cog|de|Unrecht||injustice}} German Unrecht (“injustice”), {{cog|sv|orätt||injustice, wrong, sin}} Swedish orätt (“injustice, wrong, sin”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} unright (usually uncountable, plural unrights)
  1. (archaic) That which is not right; wrong; injustice. Tags: archaic, uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-unright-en-noun-h5h133xX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with un-, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 76 7 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with un-: 19 81 0 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 10 90 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 89 0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

Forms: unrights [present, singular, third-person], unrighting [participle, present], unrighted [participle, past], unrighted [past]
Etymology: From Middle English unrighten, from unright (“unright”, adj.). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|unrighten}} Middle English unrighten Head templates: {{en-verb}} unright (third-person singular simple present unrights, present participle unrighting, simple past and past participle unrighted)
  1. (transitive) To make wrong. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-unright-en-verb-h6N3Oul3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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