unpatriotic

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as in disloyal

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Recent Examples of unpatriotic With all that in consideration, Genre Allegory comes off as pretty unpatriotic. — Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 8 Apr. 2026 Indeed, in many ways, West’s performatively anti-white, unpatriotic, and cosmopolitan version of polyamory is the blue-state mirror image of tradwifery, which, in its various forms, can fetishize whiteness, nostalgic Americana, and (often Christian) nationalism. — Tyler Austin Harper, The Atlantic, 18 Mar. 2026 Publicly, most of them stayed silent, concerned that questioning the White House’s claims about the existence of weapons of mass destruction would seem unpatriotic. — Brent Lang, Variety, 12 Mar. 2026 This administration’s manipulation of the Justice Department is an unpatriotic betrayal of our country and the rule of law. — Barbara McQuade, Twin Cities, 19 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for unpatriotic
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unpatriotic
  1. disloyal
  2. unfaithful
  3. perfidious
  4. faithless
  5. treacherous
  6. disaffected
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  • Fans were quick to take to the comments of Washington’s post, with many joking that the actress was being disloyal to her other onscreen Scandal love interest, Fitzgerald Grant, played by Tony Goldwyn.
    — Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 16 July 2026
  • What This Moment Is Actually About Gen Zers aren't disloyal, lazy or unreasonable for wanting job security.
    — Vince Carrabba, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
Definition of disloyal
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  • When the braids had five or more strands, however, the disk possibilities proliferated, guaranteeing the matrices were all unfaithful.
    — Lyndie Chiou, Scientific American, 24 July 2026
  • After so many years as the good guy, Klein is leaning into his dark side, taking on roles like the big bad Cicada on CW’s The Flash, and as JoAnna Garcia Swisher’s unfaithful ex-husband on the Netflix series Sweet Magnolias.
    — Gwen Ihnat, Entertainment Weekly, 9 July 2026
Definition of unfaithful
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  • Logan Marshall-Green as Melanthius Melanthius is a perfidious goatherd who sides with Antinous.
    — Hannah Abraham, Forbes.com, 18 July 2026
  • This is perhaps the most perfidious practice of this sort of politics.
    — David M. Drucker, Twin Cities, 3 June 2026
Definition of perfidious
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  • The French had said the British were faithless.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 May 2026
  • Consumed by rage and betrayal, Eleanor is driven to take a bloody, supernatural revenge upon her faithless husband.
    — Robert Lang, Deadline, 27 Dec. 2025
Definition of faithless
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  • While the unanimous support from FDA advisors boded well for Moderna’s shot, the overall path to approval was treacherous and uncertain, even until the end.
    — Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Fleeing an economic crisis and political repression back home, many Venezuelans have risked their lives on treacherous journeys to reach the US.
    — Rocio Munoz, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of treacherous
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  • Ellis was the enfant terrible of the ’80s and ’90s literary scene, earning a following with novels about disaffected teens and 20-somethings mixed up in drugs, ennui, and gang rapes.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 5 Aug. 2026
  • But Democrats believe that Kamala Harris’ eventual loss in Michigan stemmed in part from their lingering splits over Gaza, leading disaffected voters to stay home despite the urging of many progressives who had previously backed the protest.
    — Nicholas Wu, semafor.com, 30 July 2026
Definition of disaffected

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