Unright

From Middle English, from Old English unriht ("wrong, sin, vice, wickedness, evil, injustice, oppression, a wrong act"), equivalent to - + right. Cognate with Scots unricht ("wrongdoing, injustice"), Dutch onrecht ("injustice, inequity, wrong"), German Unrecht ("injustice"), Swedish orätt ("injustice, wrong, sin").

Full definition of unright

Noun

1. (archaic) That which is not right; wrong; injustice.

From Middle English unrighten, from unright ("unright", adj..).

Verb

1. (transitive) To make wrong.

From Middle English, from Old English unriht ("wrong, unrighteous, wicked, false, unlawful"), from Proto-Germanic *unrehtaz ("unright"), equivalent to - + right. Cognate with Scots unricht ("unfair, unjust"), Dutch onrecht ("wrong"), German unrecht ("wrong"), Swedish orätt ("wrong").

Adjective

1. Not right; unrighteous; unjust; wrong.

From Middle English, from Old English unrihte ("wrongly, crookedly, unjustly"), equivalent to - + right.

Adverb

1. (archaic or obsolete) Wrongly.