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unrightful

[rahyt-fuhl]

right·ful

[rahyt-fuhl]
adjective
1.
having a valid or just claim, as to some property or position; legitimate: the rightful owner of the farm.
2.
belonging or held by a valid or just claim: one's rightful property.
3.
equitable or just, as actions or a cause.
4.
proper; appropriate; fitting.

Origin:
before 1150; Middle English; late Old English rihtful; see right (noun), -ful

right·ful·ly, adverb
right·ful·ness, noun
un·right·ful, adjective
un·right·ful·ly, adverb
un·right·ful·ness, noun

right, righteous, rightful (see usage note at right).
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Unrightful is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
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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