Meaning

2 senses
  1. Wrong or unjust

  2. Unlawful or illegal

More definitions
  • not just or fair
  • unlawfully violating the rights of others
  • having no legally established claim

Examples

3 sentences
  1. Tom sued his employer for wrongful termination.

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  2. AI facial recognition has led to a number of wrongful arrests.

    deKI-Gesichtserkennung hat zu einigen falschen Festnahmen geführt.

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  3. Unfortunately, the Internet gives extremists and intolerants of all persuasions an equal opportunity to portray wrongful and dangerous views.

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Translations

1 languages

Origin

From Middle English wrongful, equivalent to wrong + -ful.

From Middle English wrongful, equivalent to wrong + -ful.

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Forms

more wrongful, most wrongful
Comparativemore wrongful Lesson
Superlativemost wrongful Lesson

regular

Synonyms

12 synonyms

Antonyms

3 antonyms

Word family

6 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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