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Recent Examples of unpatriotic
Finally, one state capital is long overdue for a name update to rid ourselves of an unpatriotic non-American link.
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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
The calamity is only exacerbated by the fact that Zionist opposition parties call for Netanyahu’s ouster but do not dare to raise the flag of peace and coexistence with the Palestinians, fearing to appear unpatriotic in wartime or to be smeared by right-wingers as traitors.
—Aluf Benn, Foreign Affairs, 4 Oct. 2024
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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
The calamity is only exacerbated by the fact that Zionist opposition parties call for Netanyahu’s ouster but do not dare to raise the flag of peace and coexistence with the Palestinians, fearing to appear unpatriotic in wartime or to be smeared by right-wingers as traitors.
—Aluf Benn, Foreign Affairs, 4 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unpatriotic
Adjective
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Loyalty-first governance Trump has intensified his efforts to reshape the government in his image, purging officials considered disloyal and politicizing civil service and national security roles.—
Mark K. Updegrove,
Time,
29 Apr. 2025
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America Great Again base as disloyal or insufficiently conservative.—
Ramsey Touchberry,
The Washington Examiner,
26 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Donald was repeatedly unfaithful and belittled his wife’s artistic side.—
Stephen Rodrick,
Rolling Stone,
18 May 2025
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Already, reviews are raving about Lawrence’s performance as a woman who experiences postpartum depression and develops psychosis, opposite Robert Pattinson as her unfaithful husband.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
18 May 2025
Adjective
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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
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Since then, Putin has sought instead to rally the public to the defense of a motherland besieged by the perfidious and cunning West.—
Leon Aron,
The Atlantic,
5 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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In 2016, a record number of faithless votes were cast.—
Robert Alexander and Anna Dawley,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 Apr. 2025
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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
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The pine trees are towering and the fairways are twisting and the bunkers are deep and treacherous.—
Alex Zietlow,
Charlotte Observer,
15 May 2025
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Maybe the seemingly long haul on I-95 made treacherous by traffic congestion creates the Miami-Dade County and Broward County division among its residents.—
Michelle F. Solomon,
Miami Herald,
13 May 2025
Adjective
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The winds on that ranch in California were so strong that towering dust devils were dancing between the disaffected cattle during my visit.—
Tim Stevens,
ArsTechnica,
8 Apr. 2025
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Still, Democrats won’t have to face many of those disaffected and disengaged voters until 2028.—
Nate Cohn,
New York Times,
6 Apr. 2025
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“Unpatriotic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unpatriotic. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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