unrighteous

Adjective

Meaning

Not righteous; evil; wicked; sinful; as, an unrighteous man.

Contrary to law and equity; unjust; as, an unrighteous decree or sentence.

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Examples

Silent white light filled the world. And the righteous and unrighteous alike were consumed in that holy fire. Stephen King

God's own hand Holds fast all issues of our deeds: with him The end of all our ends is, but with us Our ends are, just or unjust: though our works Find righteous or unrighteous judgment, this At least is ours, to make them righteous. Go. Algernon Charles Swinburne

For then it is a bad thing to be righteous - if indeed the unrighteous shall have the greater right. Hesiod

All possessions are by nature unrighteous when a man possesses them for personal advantage as being entirely his own, and does not bring them into the common stock for those in need. Clement of Alexandria

War is righteous or unrighteous according as it is opportune or inopportune. Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury

The unrighteous penny consumes the righteous dollar. German Proverb

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