unrighteous

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

UNRIGHTEOUS, adjective unri'chus. 1. Not righteous; not just; not conformed in heart and life to the divine law; evil; wicked; used of persons. 2. Unjust; contrary to law and equity; as an unrighteous decree or sentence.
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