unrighteous
adjective
not righteous; not upright or virtuous; wicked; sinful; evil.
unrighteously
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a word derived from
unrighteous.
Example Sentences
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Along with' Harry Hopkins he damned Tommy Corcoran, Congressman Maury Maverick of Texas, Homer Martin of the C.I.O. and Communist Earl Browder as other non-lowans who had unrighteously butted in by endorsing Mr. Wearin.
From Time Magazine Archive
At that time R.F. admitted that he and his predecessors had held the area near the castle unrighteously.
From Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History by Paul Vinogradoff
He did, indeed, demand the duchy of Burgundy, because he believed this to have been unrighteously stolen by Louis XI. from his grandmother when a helpless girl.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 8 "Chariot" to "Chatelaine" by Various
They feel that it is tribute exacted as arbitrarily and unrighteously as the tribute paid to the Barbary pirates.
From The Itching Palm A Study of the Habit of Tipping in America by William R Scott
If not, at least act ye not unrighteously, but rather observe piety and virtue...
From Selections From the Writings of the Báb by Báb
