wrongful
adjective
unjust or unfair.
wrongfully
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a word derived from
wrongful.
Example Sentences
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Claims closed without payment don’t mean insurers are wrongfully denying claims.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
Her lawyers also argued some evidence in the trial was too speculative and that evidence crucial to their own case was wrongfully excluded.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
Louisiana established its fund in 2005 and today is one of 39 states, in addition to the District of Columbia, that compensate the wrongfully incarcerated.
From Salon ● Aug. 10, 2026
That lawsuit argued that the board wrongfully considered tenant affordability in its decision-making.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
In 1894, the French criminologist Bertillon had helped to wrongfully convict Alfred Dreyfus of treason, having presented a wildly incorrect handwriting analysis.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
