wrongful

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹɒŋfəl/

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wrongful (comparative more wrongful, superlative most wrongful)

1. wrong or unjust
   • 1913, Sydney Waterlow, Shelley‎^[1]:

     And now, with the tyranny of wrongful power, "The loathsome mark has fallen, the mall remains Sceptreless, free, uncircumscribed, but man Equal, unclassed, tribeless, and nationless, Exempt from awe, worship, degree, the king Over himself; just, gentle, wise."

2. unlawful or illegal

• (antonym(s) of “unlawful”): rightful

• wrongfulle, wrongfol, wrongfull

From wrong +‎ -ful.

• IPA^(key): /ˈwrɔnɡful/, [ˈwrɔŋɡful]
• (later ME) IPA^(key): /ˈrɔnɡful/, [ˈrɔŋɡful]

wrongful

1. evil, sinful
2. wrongful, unethical
3. dishonest
4. harmful, hurtful
5. wrong, incorrect

• English: wrongful

• “wrongful, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 18 March 2018.