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unright1 /ˈʌnrʌɪt/ /(ˌ)ʌnˈrʌɪt/nounAn instance of wrong or wrongdoing; a wrong or unjust act; an injustice; an infringement of rights. Also (in recent use): an instance of the absence or deprivation of rights. rare after 16th cent. Origin Old English (in an earlier sense). Cognate with or formed similarly to Old Frisian unriucht (West Frisian ûnrjocht), Middle Dutch onrecht (Dutch onrecht), Old Saxon unreht (Middle Low German unrecht), Old High German unreht (Middle High German unreht, German Unrecht), Old Danish uret (Danish uret), Old Swedish orätt (Swedish orätt), all in a similar range of senses from the Germanic base of un- + the Germanic base of right. unright2 /(ˌ)ʌnˈrʌɪt/adjective1Not right, just, or equitable; improper, unfair, wrong. Also as noun (with the and plural concord): unright people or things as a class. Frequently Scottish in later use.- Sc. National Dict. (1974) records unricht as still in use in Fife and south-western Scotland in 1973..
2Incorrect; inexact. rare in later use. Origin Old English. Cognate with or formed similarly to Old Frisian unriucht (West Frisian ûnrjocht), Middle Dutch onrecht (Dutch †onrecht), Old Saxon unreht (Middle Low German unrecht, German regional (Low German) unrecht, unregt), Old High German unreht (Middle High German unreht, German unrecht), Old Icelandic úréttr, Old Swedish orätter (Swedish orätt), Old Danish uraet (Danish uret) from the Germanic base of un- + the Germanic base of right. |