as in traitorous
not true in one's allegiance to someone or something
we sensed that he was disloyal and would eventually turn on us
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Recent Examples of disloyal
America Great Again base as disloyal or insufficiently conservative.
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Ramsey Touchberry, The Washington Examiner, 26 Apr. 2025
His return to Michigan in 2023 failed to appease Democrats, who labeled him a disloyal opportunist in his race against Ms. Slotkin.
—Taylor Robinson, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
As the Times reports, the first stars Arthur’s nephew, Sir Gawain, a knight who faces off with Germanic Saxons invading from mainland Europe and disloyal English nobility—including his father.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Apr. 2025
Remember Gartner’s finding that 96% of customers become disloyal after a high-effort interaction.
—Roger Dooley, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
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Ramsey Touchberry, The Washington Examiner, 26 Apr. 2025
His return to Michigan in 2023 failed to appease Democrats, who labeled him a disloyal opportunist in his race against Ms. Slotkin.
—Taylor Robinson, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
As the Times reports, the first stars Arthur’s nephew, Sir Gawain, a knight who faces off with Germanic Saxons invading from mainland Europe and disloyal English nobility—including his father.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Apr. 2025
Remember Gartner’s finding that 96% of customers become disloyal after a high-effort interaction.
—Roger Dooley, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disloyal
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Michael Fassbender plays a British intelligence officer tasked with finding who leaked a top-secret software program and betrayed their country, and the list of five potentially traitorous suspects includes his own high-profile wife (Cate Blanchett).—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
10 May 2025
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Smith made out their former collaborators to be ungrateful and traitorous, and the kids weren't given the space to question her command.—
Zoey Lyttle,
People.com,
18 Apr. 2025
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Both have been neglected for years: Bridges are crumbling, school buildings disintegrating, and trains — once a symbol of German efficiency — are now so unreliable that some lines are banned from neighboring Switzerland’s railways.—
Tom Chivers,
semafor.com,
4 June 2025
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He’s also become notoriously unreliable as a live act, particularly in the Twin Cities.—
Ross Raihala,
Twin Cities,
3 June 2025
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“Disloyal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disloyal. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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