unpatriotic

Definition of unpatrioticnext

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Recent Examples of unpatriotic Today’s playbook is similar to 1947 – label any dissent as unpatriotic, subversive, Marxist, and so on. Chris Yogerst, HollywoodReporter, 6 Oct. 2025 This shocking disregard for American workers and their role in our nation's future is unpatriotic. Theo Burman, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025 For these unpatriotic 'entertainers,' this was just a CORRUPT & UNLAWFUL way to capitalize on a broken system. Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 5 Aug. 2025 On multiple occasions, Park violently quashed anti-Japanese rallies and dismissed calls for colonial justice as untimely and even unpatriotic. Eun A Jo, Foreign Affairs, 23 Nov. 2022 See All Example Sentences for unpatriotic
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unpatriotic
Adjective
  • Immigrants were scapegoated, blamed for economic precarity and viewed as disloyal to the US, fueling legislation like the Alien Land Laws, which barred Chinese and Japanese immigrants from buying land in the US.
    Zoe Sottile, CNN Money, 16 Feb. 2026
  • To make these observations is not disloyal or unpatriotic.
    DP Opinion, Denver Post, 12 Jan. 2026
Adjective
  • Here, unfaithful lovers from the second installment discover with fury that their son and daughter have found perfect love together.
    John Hopewell, Variety, 13 Feb. 2026
  • There had also been suspicions Toth had been unfaithful to the mother-in-law.
    Silas Morgan, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Feb. 2026
Adjective
  • Observing human behavior confirms that for some among us, the perfidious lust for unbridled power and the imposition of cruelty in its quest know no bounds and are bereft of human decency.
    A.O. Scott, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2026
  • However, this question has now been resurrected and amplified by conservatives as evidence of a perfidious lack of patriotism.
    Charlie Campbell, Time, 2 Feb. 2026
Adjective
  • Consumed by rage and betrayal, Eleanor is driven to take a bloody, supernatural revenge upon her faithless husband.
    Robert Lang, Deadline, 27 Dec. 2025
  • Spouses, in this gritty Philadelphia suburb, are mostly faithless, absent or dead.
    Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 28 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • The bodies of the eight dead skiers remain on the icy mountainside because of the treacherous conditions, the sheriff’s department said.
    Ray Sanchez, CNN Money, 21 Feb. 2026
  • Rescue crews have faced treacherous conditions, including blinding snow and high winds.
    Matt Gutman, CBS News, 19 Feb. 2026
Adjective
  • Since it was founded by disaffected OpenAI staffers in 2021, Anthropic has raised a total of $57 billion.
    Alexei Oreskovic, Fortune, 13 Feb. 2026
  • In other words, the age-old trance of acceptance has broken, and there are suddenly too many entrepreneurs capturing disaffected audiences by accusing legacy institutions of corruption and cowardice.
    Sean Williams, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026

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“Unpatriotic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unpatriotic. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.

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