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wrongful Definition

wrong·ful (-fəl)

adjective

  1. full of wrong; unjust or injurious
  2. without legal right; unlawful

wrongful Related Forms
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.