| 释义 |
unˈrightfulness Now rare.
[f. unrightful a.]
The quality of being unrightful.
a1250Owl & Night. 1742 Ic nolde þat vnrihtfulnesse Me at þen ende ouercome. a1325Prose Psalter vii. 15 Lo, þe sinner doþ vnryȝt-fulnesse. 1382Wyclif John vii. 18 This is sothfast, and vnriȝtfulnesse is not in him. c1450in Roy Rede me, etc. (Arb.) 183 The wrathe of god is shewyd..vpon cruelnes and vnryghtfulnes of these men. a1470H. Parker Dives & Pauper (W. de W. 1496) ii. xvii. 128/1 Periury is cause..of all unrightfulnesse.
1821Jefferson Autobiog. Writ. 1892 I. 62 The unrightfulness and inefficacy of the punishment of crimes by death. |