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
All present were Protestants, protesting as they chose against whatever untruth or unrighteousness "is, and of a right ought to be, pro-tested."
From Time Magazine Archive
Nicolas de Flue made no compromises with unrighteousness.
From Time Magazine Archive
Whatever clouds intercept our influence, teach us to reveal what conscience dictates, what intuition illumines, what reason shows, to purify our time, and all unrighteousness, wrong thinking and useless and hurtful custom.
From The Optimist's Good Morning by Florence Hobart Perin
