unrighteous

un·right·eous

[uhn-rahy-chuhs]
adjective
1.
not righteous; not upright or virtuous; wicked; sinful; evil: an unrighteous king.
2.
not in accordance with right or justice; unfair or unjust: an unrighteous law.

Origin:
before 900; Middle English unrightwyse, Old English unrihtwīs. See un-1, righteous

un·right·eous·ly, adverb
un·right·eous·ness, noun
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unrighteous (ʌnˈraɪtʃəs) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adj
1.  a.  sinful; wicked
 b.  (as collective noun; preceded by the): the unrighteous
2.  not fair or right; unjust
 
un'righteously
 
adv
 
un'righteousness
 
n

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Unrighteous is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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