unrighteous

1. 1.

   not righteous

   “an unrighteous man”

   “an unrighteous law”

   Antonymsrighteous

   Similarsinful

Questions about unrighteous

What does unrighteous mean?

unrighteous means "not righteous".

How many syllables are in unrighteous?

unrighteous has 4 syllables: un-righ-te-ous. The stress falls on "te".

What is the opposite of unrighteous?

The recorded antonyms are righteous.

Is unrighteous a common word?

unrighteous is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.