The meaning of Wrongful

adjective

Not based on any good reason.

Usage examples:

Your fears are quite groundless

adjective

Without a reason, cause, or argument

Usage examples:

Your concerns are groundless.

adjective

Contrary to or forbidden by law, especially criminal law.

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Illegal drugs

noun

A person living in a country without official authorization.

Usage examples:

Letting the states bill the feds for the costs associated with illegals would hit the politicians i…

adjective

Against the law

Usage examples:

Fireworks are illegal in many places., illegally obtained passports

adjective

Not authorized by the law; not in accordance with accepted standards or rules.

Usage examples:

Defending workers against illegitimate managerial practices

noun

A person who is illegitimate by birth.

Usage examples:

A woman responding to a survey about the experience of illegitimates in 1986 said that her mother ‘…

adjective

Forbidden by law, rules, or custom.

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Illicit drugs

Contrary to accepted morality or convention

adjective

Illegal or socially disapproved of

Usage examples:

Illicit trade, illicit activities

adjective

Not in accordance with accepted standards, especially of morality or honesty.

Usage examples:

The improper use of public funds

adjective

Being against a law or a rule; dishonest or illegal

Usage examples:

The treasurer denied accepting any improper payments., an improper choice of words, if handled impr…

adjective

Dishonest, and not allowed by a rule or by law

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The cropland may have been polluted because of improper use of pesticides and fertilizers., imprope…

adjective

Not suitable or proper in the circumstances.

Usage examples:

There are penalties for inappropriate behaviour

adjective

Not justifiable by argument.

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This behaviour is morally indefensible

adjective

(of behavior) so bad that it cannot be defended against criticism

Usage examples:

His actions in destroying the tapes were indefensible.

adjective

Not warranted, merited, or earned.

Usage examples:

An undeserved term of imprisonment

adjective

That someone has not earned or should not have; that someone does not deserve

Usage examples:

Librarians have an undeserved reputation for timidity.

adjective

Unwarranted or inappropriate because excessive or disproportionate.

Usage examples:

This figure did not give rise to undue concern

adjective

More than is necessary, acceptable, or reasonable

Usage examples:

The court said the state law placed an undue burden on working mothers., he does not seem unduly co…

adjective

More than is acceptable or necessary

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Another rise in interest rates so soon would risk spreading undue alarm among businesses and consum…

adjective

Not based on or behaving according to the principles of equality and justice.

Usage examples:

At times like these the legal system appears inhuman and unfair

adjective

Not fair

Usage examples:

It seems unfair to tax you both where you work and where you live., the company unfairly denied her…

adjective

Not morally right, or not treating people in an equal way

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Businesses argue that the tax idea is unfair because it is based on revenue, rather than profit., w…

adjective

Not based on or behaving according to what is morally right and fair.

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Resistance to unjust laws

adjective

Not shown to be right or reasonable.

Usage examples:

Unjustified price increases

adjective

Not conforming to, permitted by, or recognized by law or rules.

Usage examples:

The use of unlawful violence

adjective

Not needed.

Usage examples:

Some people feel that holiday insurance is unnecessary

plural noun

Unnecessary things.

Usage examples:

Flora never wasted cash on unnecessaries

adjective

Not guided by or based on good sense.

Usage examples:

She knew she was being unreasonable, but she resented his domesticity

adjective

Not based on or using good judgment; not fair

Usage examples:

It’s unreasonable to expect him to work every weekend., he thinks the cops acted unreasonably.

adjective

Not fair or acceptable

Usage examples:

A merchant is not required to satisfy a customer's unreasonable demands., be unreasonable for sb/st…

adjective

Not justified or authorized.

Usage examples:

I am sure your fears are unwarranted

adjective

Lacking a good reason; unnecessary

Usage examples:

They denounced the investigation as an unwarranted interference with their business.