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单词 unrightfulness
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unrightfulnessn.

Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈrʌɪtf(ᵿ)lnəs/, U.S. /ˌənˈraɪtfəlnəs/
Forms: see unrightful adj. and -ness suffix.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: unrightful adj., -ness suffix.
Etymology: < unrightful adj. + -ness suffix. Compare earlier unrighteousness n., unrightness n., and later rightfulness n.
The quality of being unrightful.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > unjustness > [noun]
unrighteOE
unrightnessOE
unrightfulnessc1275
wrongousnessc1325
the wrongc1330
unequityc1380
injustice1390
unreasonc1390
wrongfulnessa1400
unskilfulnessc1410
unjustnessc1443
unevennessa1470
unjusticea1475
disreason1480
unreasonablenessc1515
inequity1556
iniquity1587
non-reason1597
unequalness1628
unfairness1713
wrongness1833
society > morality > dueness or propriety > moral impropriety > [noun] > condition of being undue or unwarrantable
unrightfulnessc1275
unwarrantableness1633
unjustifiableness1642
undueness1653
indefensibility1823
unwarrantability1836
indefensibleness1876
society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > [noun] > iniquity
unrighteousnesseOE
unrightfulnessc1275
iniquity13..
unequityc1384
iniquitousness1870
c1275 (?c1250) Owl & Nightingale (Calig.) (1935) 1742 Ic nolde þat unriht fulnesse Me at þen ende ouer kome.
c1350 Psalter (BL Add. 17376) in K. D. Bülbring Earliest Compl. Eng. Prose Psalter (1891) vii. 15 Lo, þe sinner doþ vnryȝt-fulnesse [L. iniquitatem].
c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) John vii. 18 This is sothfast, and vnriȝtfulnesse [L. iniustitia] is not in him.
1493 (c1410) Dives & Pauper (Pynson) ii. xvii. sig. i.iiiiv/1 Periurye is cause..of alle vnrightefulnesse.
1530 Compend. Olde Treat. sig. A.viii The wrathe of god is shewyd..vpon cruelnes and vnryghtfulnes of these men.
1608 R. Kilby Burthen of Loaden Conscience 61 I haue many waies counselled, aided, and concealed vnrightfulnesse.
1821 T. Jefferson Autobiogr. in Writings (1892) I. 62 The unrightfulness and inefficacy of the punishment of crimes by death.
1862 Friends Rev. 6 Sept. 43/1 There is no need for me (nor does our time permit} to argue the rightfulness or unrightfulness of all war.
1939 Jrnl. Criminal Law & Criminol. 29 703 If a juvenile has committed a crime he is not deemed responsible for it if for special reasons he was not mature enough to be aware of the unrightfulness of his doing or to act in accordance with his knowledge.
2011 J. De Landtsheer in J. De Landtsheer & H. Nellen Between Scylla & Charybdis iii. 337 The references to a wintry weather and a stormy sea, together with the complaints about the unrightfulness and stealth of Lipsius's decision.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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