rightful
adjective
having a valid or just claim, as to some property or position; legitimate.
unrightfully
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a word derived from
rightful.
Example Sentences
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“So social media and TikTok is the way we kind of impart our message and show the evidence of the Holocaust that people unrightfully deny.”
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 22, 2023
To restrain it would be a partiality which might lead to war with France; and between restraining it ourselves, and permitting her enemies to restrain it unrightfully, is no difference.
From Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 3 by Randolph, Thomas Jefferson
He had no longer a proud name to keep up and adorn with noble actions, for he was an illegitimate son, who had unrightfully usurped the name and station which belonged not to him.
From The Gipsy (Vols I & II) A Tale by James, G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford)
I fancy the latter half ashamed to show themselves, as being aware that they are a great humbug, and unrightfully in the guide-books.
From Venetian Life by Howells, William Dean
Her door was shut, the transom was dark; nothing remained of her but the obtrusive trunk, unrightfully taking up room in the narrow hall.
From Youth and the Bright Medusa by Cather, Willa Sibert
