unpatriotic

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Recent Examples of unpatriotic White Christian nationalists oppose multiculturalism, deny systemic inequities, and view DEI reforms as unnecessary or even unpatriotic. Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 1 Feb. 2025 Finally, one state capital is long overdue for a name update to rid ourselves of an unpatriotic non-American link. Nick Thomas, Hartford Courant, 30 Jan. 2025 While attempts to protest his leadership didn’t really get off the ground — some saw them as unpatriotic at a time of national mourning — his popularity nevertheless suffered a huge blow. NBC News, 11 Oct. 2024 Centrists have been denigrated as squishy, weak in the knees, guilty of being sellouts — and worse, unpatriotic. Michael S. Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 6 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for unpatriotic
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unpatriotic
Adjective
  • Any attempt to redefine yourself is treated as confusing or disloyal.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 31 May 2025
  • Supporters of the government view Mr. Bar as disloyal to Mr. Netanyahu, but critics consider his removal a dangerous precedent that undermines the independence of democratic institutions.
    Aaron Boxerman, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • People who worked on the nighttime emergency schedule were almost 18 times more likely to be unfaithful to their partners than those who worked part-time.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025
  • Vajiralongkorn divorced their mother in 1996 after accusing her of being unfaithful, stripping her and their sons of their titles and forbidding their return to Thailand.
    Charlie Campbell, Time, 26 June 2025
Adjective
  • Those voting for it are Sean Elo-Rivera, Jennifer Campbell, Kent Lee, Stephen Whitburn, Vivian Moreno and La Jolla’s own Joe LaCava, who has been an active supporter of this perfidious plan.
    Inga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 June 2025
  • Jake Gyllenhaal is his foil as the perfidious Iago, who goads Othello into unreasoning jealousy with lies about his beloved Desdemona (Molly Osborne).
    New York Times, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • In 2016, a record number of faithless votes were cast.
    Robert Alexander and Anna Dawley, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Apr. 2025
  • Don Cheadle and Benicio del Toro are both quite good as part of a team that’s tasked with stealing a secret document, setting the stage for a drama involving gangsters, faithless lovers, and white-collar crooks.
    Tim Grierson, Vulture, 24 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • And yes, much of it involves harrowing drives on treacherous mountain roads, only a few of which — disappointingly, considering the title — are icy.
    Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 26 June 2025
  • But only three of those runs were earned, and three of the hits were pop flies missed due to treacherous winds at Wrigley.
    Sahadev Sharma, New York Times, 22 June 2025
Adjective
  • Luster follows the thorny misadventures of Edie, a disaffected publishing employee who enters a somewhat kinky affair with Eric, a digital archivist living in New Jersey.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 June 2025
  • Dakota Johnson stars as a disaffected matchmaker who’s disarmed by a suave private equity broker played by Pedro Pascal.
    Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 6 June 2025

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“Unpatriotic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unpatriotic. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.

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