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- DictionaryWrong·ful/ˈrôNGfəl/
adjective
- 1. (of an act) not fair, just, or legal: "he is suing the police for wrongful arrest"
The meaning of WRONGFUL is wrong, unjust. How to use wrongful in a sentence.
unfair or illegal: He has suffered terribly, after 15 years of wrongful imprisonment. (Definition of wrongful from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) wrongful | Business English. adjective [ before noun ]
Wrongful definition: unjust or unfair. See examples of WRONGFUL used in a sentence.
Synonyms for WRONGFUL: unlawful, illegal, criminal, illicit, felonious, unauthorized, illegitimate, forbidden; Antonyms of WRONGFUL: legal, lawful, legitimate, right, ethical, righteous, good, virtuous.
wrongful. A wrongful act is one that is illegal, immoral, or unjust. He is on hunger strike in protest at what he claims is his wrongful conviction for murder. One of her employees sued her for wrongful dismissal. People are being wrongfully imprisoned. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.
If something's not fair, or especially if it's illegal, you can call it wrongful. If a company violates an employee's contract and fires her, that would be a wrongful termination.
Define wrongful. wrongful synonyms, wrongful pronunciation, wrongful translation, English dictionary definition of wrongful. adj. 1. Wrong or unjust: wrongful dismissal from a job. 2. Unlawful: wrongful search. wrong′ful·ly adv. wrong′ful·ness n.
Definition of wrongful adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
WRONGFUL definition: a situation in which someone is accused of something or punished for something unfairly or illegally. Learn more.
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