disloyal
30
4.2
- adjective
- /dɪsˈlɔɪəl/
:
desleal
- Many German immigrants suppressed their heritage for fear of being seen as disloyal.
- disloyal Americans
- disloyal to the government
So this man is consistently a liar, consistently disloyal to other individuals.
- So this man is consistently a liar, consistently disloyal to other individuals.
- And I'd been disloyal and damaging.
- And stepping away from that is not disloyal, it's self salvation.
- If they are going to be disloyal in this moment.
- She's already identified me as disloyal, as a cheater.
- If you don't pitch in more than you're being paid for, you're being disloyal.
- I feel so I feel like I'm being disloyal to a brand that I love by sharing this with you guys.
- It will be I am running for president and this guy cannot do the job or he's disloyal or he's full of ingratitude or whatever.
- It's like, no, they are there and the assumption that they're not Another part is there's a, an incentive to not appear disloyal.
- And I think the one thing that I dislike in people more than anything else is when they're inauthentic and disloyal.
- And Darty, you could feel Red hots whole body just raised up because he just hated law enforcement and he was to me disloyal.
- If the other side wins, there's going to be much less adherence to the rules and much more kind of like call it responding to who they perceive as being loyal versus disloyal.
- And so I'm I'm like loyal to a maybe a fault, but I like, do you feel that she was disloyal and taking the role?
Examples
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This is no time to be disloyal, honey.
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Leaving one firm for another was considered disloyal, and cross-pollination of ideas was stifled.
Academic text (2011) -
But I felt so disloyal to the life I had lived.
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That was a very disloyal thing you did to your mother.
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I was disloyal to you.
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No matter what I do, I feel like I'm being disloyal to someone.
Fiction book (1999) -
Nobody wants to be disloyal or to bring about more disunity.
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In every city and province, lists of the disloyal have been compiled.
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As far as I was concerned, she was disloyal, unsupportive in this time of crisis, and irrationally suspicious.
Academic text (2009) -
She felt disloyal for not supporting her friend during a difficult time.
Synonyms
20
8.5
Helping enemies harm your country
18
8.3
Acting secretly to harm people who trust them
12
5.6
Not loyal and likely to betray people who trust them
2
3.8
Not loyal to a job, promise, or duty
Antonyms
How Loyal
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word disloyal combines the prefix dis- meaning 'not' and loyal meaning 'true to someone'. So disloyal literally means 'not true to someone', which is why we use it for people who do not support or stay faithful to a person, group, or idea.