"wrongful" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈɹɒŋfəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-wrongful.wav Forms: more wrongful [comparative], most wrongful [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English wrongful, equivalent to wrong + -ful. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|wrongful}} Middle English wrongful, {{af|en|wrong|-ful|pos=adjective}} wrong + -ful Head templates: {{en-adj}} wrongful (comparative more wrongful, superlative most wrongful)
  1. wrong or unjust Translations (wrong or unjust): грешен (grešen) (Bulgarian), неверен (neveren) (Bulgarian), epäoikeudenmukainen (Finnish), oikeudeton (Finnish), injusto (Spanish), injustificado (Spanish), indebido (Spanish), torticero (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-wrongful-en-adj-2thLXPp5 Disambiguation of 'wrong or unjust': 100 0
  2. unlawful or illegal Translations (unlawful): неправомерен (nepravomeren) (Bulgarian), oikeudeton (Finnish), culposo (Spanish), ilegal (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-wrongful-en-adj-UfAxz5dp Categories (other): English adjectives suffixed with -ful, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English terms suffixed with -ful, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English adjectives suffixed with -ful: 33 67 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 96 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 0 100 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 1 62 1 1 3 1 32 Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -ful: 0 90 0 0 0 0 10 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 0 85 0 0 0 0 15 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 89 0 0 0 0 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 5 95 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 6 94 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 0 100 Disambiguation of 'unlawful': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: wrongful birth, wrongful death, wrongful death statute, wrongful dismissal
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      "sense": "wrong or unjust",
      "word": "грешен"
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      "roman": "neveren",
      "sense": "wrong or unjust",
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      "sense": "wrong or unjust",
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "wrong or unjust",
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      "sense": "wrong or unjust",
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      "sense": "wrong or unjust",
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      "sense": "unlawful",
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      "sense": "unlawful",
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