wrongful
wrongful
Definition
wrong·ful (-fəl)
adjective
- full of wrong; unjust or injurious
- without legal right; unlawful
wrong′·fully adverb
wrong′·ful·ness noun
wrongful
Usage Examples
Modifies a noun
- dismissal: He counter claimed for wrongful dismissal in a somewhat bold move.
- conviction: An opposite view is the problem of wrongful convictions.
- imprisonment: Their only recourse is to sue for wrongful imprisonment.
- trading: An example of the above point could be wrongful trading.
- arrest: By the way, update on my wrongful arrest back in May.
- termination: This includes representing women who need to appeal against a wrongful termination of support by NASS.
Modifying Another Word
- internationally: And finally, there must be no justification for the internationally wrongful act.
- not: It was held by the courts of this country that the removal was not wrongful.
- potentially: The system is designed to detect and block potentially wrongful code or illicit or offensive content.
- even: Bloggers regulate themselves resulting in sometimes exaggerated and even wrongful information.
Used with adjective complement
- become: The parent's consent has gone and the retention becomes wrongful.
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