disaffected

adjective dis·af·fect·ed

|Updated on: 17 Jul 2018

Examples: disaffected in a Sentence

Definition of disaffected

: discontented and resentful especially against authority : rebellious

disaffected youth

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Examples of disaffected in a Sentence

The troops had become disaffected.
Both political parties are looking for ways to regain the trust of disaffected voters.

Recent Examples of disaffected from the Web

The story of the internet has always been the same story: disaffected young men thinking their boorish and cruel behavior was justified or permissible.

— film crit hulk, The Verge, "Don’t feed the trolls, and other hideous lies," 12 July 2018
So, not exactly high times on the open road for the beloved American brand, but the fact that much of its woes stem from Trump, a fellow symbol of the disaffected white working class, seems a touch ironic.

— dan sweeney, Sun-Sentinel.com, "As Harley Davidson moves some manufacturing overseas, have Trump's trade wars started hitting home?," 26 June 2018
The Republicans who elected Donald Trump, disaffected Democrats and ten key swing states that elected Donald Trump.

— Fox News, "Hogan Gidley on Macron's 'special relationship' with Trump," 25 Apr. 2018
Or, even better, recruit a replacement workforce from among the Eastern Shore’s disaffected and economically anxious who made this presidency possible.

— dan rodricks, baltimoresun.com, "Real-time buses, asphalt aspirations, unconventional wisdom," 22 June 2018
Despite those obstacles, the opposition saw a glimmer of hope in the president’s thin margin of victory during the referendum, which suggested that some disaffected Erdogan supporters had stayed home.

— kareem fahim, Washington Post, "In Turkey, the opposition finally unites in bid to end Erdogan’s dominance," 14 June 2018
But the band was clearly more interested in the tight hooky rocking pop of bands like Big Star and Cheap Trick or the sweet vocal harmonies of the Hollies than in noisy art rock and disaffected post-punk.

— john adamian, courant.com, "Seven Concerts You Might Want To See (And Why)," 9 June 2018
Yet as the size of his settlement and the number of disaffected donors has made clear, U of L handled Jurich’s parting about as poorly as inhumanly possible.

— tim sullivan, The Courier-Journal, "After months of turmoil, Tom Jurich isn't sure of his next move," 7 June 2018
The commission supervises the observance of the pre-Vatican II Latin Rite and was created to accommodate disaffected conservative Catholics.

— sam roberts, New York Times, "Cardinal Darío Castrillón Hoyos, Vatican Conservative, Dies at 88," 22 May 2018

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