different between unjust vs unright

English

Etymology

From un- +? just.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?d??st/

• Rhymes: -?st

Adjective

unjust (comparative more unjust, superlative most unjust)

1. Not fair, just or right.

   The solution was very unjust.

Usage notes

• See the notes about injustice.

Synonyms

• unfair

Antonyms

• just

Related terms

• justice
• injustice

Translations

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English unright, unri?t, unriht, from Old English unriht (“wrong, sin, vice, wickedness, evil, injustice, oppression, a wrong act”), equivalent to un- (“absence of”) +? right. Cognate with Scots unricht (“wrongdoing, injustice”), Dutch onrecht (“injustice, inequity, wrong”), German Unrecht (“injustice”), Swedish orätt (“injustice, wrong, sin”).

Noun

unright (usually uncountable, plural unrights)

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

Etymology 2

From Middle English unrighten, from unright (“unright”, adj.).

Verb

unright (third-person singular simple present unrights, present participle unrighting, simple past and past participle unrighted)

1. (transitive) To make wrong.

Etymology 3

From Middle English unright, unri?t, unriht, from Old English unriht (“wrong, unrighteous, wicked, false, unlawful”), from Proto-Germanic *unrehtaz (“unright”), equivalent to un- (“not”) +? right. Cognate with Scots unricht (“unfair, unjust”), Dutch onrecht (“wrong”), German unrecht (“wrong”), Swedish orätt (“wrong”).

Adjective

unright (comparative more unright, superlative most unright)

1. Not right; unrighteous; unjust; wrong;

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Etymology 4

From Middle English unright, unrighte, from Old English unrihte (“wrongly, crookedly, unjustly”), equivalent to un- +? right.

Adverb

unright (comparative more unright, superlative most unright)

1. (archaic or obsolete) Wrongly.

Anagrams

• hurting, ungirth