unrighteous
adjective
not righteous; not upright or virtuous; wicked; sinful; evil.
unrighteousness
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a word derived from
unrighteous.
Example Sentences
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"In the end, unrighteousness and injustice are defeated and truth alone prevails," Kejriwal said.
From BBC ● Feb. 27, 2026
When the last — Kalki, astride a white horse — comes, he will put to an end the present age of unrighteousness, adharma.
From New York Times ● Feb. 16, 2023
Not until 1535 did Miles Coverdale use a Middle English term for stolen objects to translate a passage in Ecclesiastes as "all brybes and unrighteousness."
From Time Magazine Archive
Nicolas de Flue made no compromises with unrighteousness.
From Time Magazine Archive
This becomes very evident now that we have reached a point where the government of Burujird comes in, with the infinite unrighteousness of Persian provincial governors.
From Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume II (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs by Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy) Bird
