unpatrioticadj.
/ˌʌnpatrɪˈɒtɪk/, /ˌʌnpeɪtrɪˈɒtɪk/, U.S. /ˌənˌpeɪtriˈɑdɪk/ Not patriotic; characterized by or exhibiting disloyalty to or disrespect for one's country.
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1758 T. Comber Vindic. Great Revol. in Eng. 123 There cannot be a more false or unpatriotic Declaration than this.
1828 T. Carlyle Burns in Edinb. Rev. Dec. 289 The French wits of the period were as unpatriotic.
a1884 H. E. Thomas Wales & Welsh Church (1889) 320 The small section of anti-national, unpatriotic, non-Welsh-speaking clergy, introduced by the English Bishops.
1928 L. Stockett Baltimore xi. 188 Mr. Ward, the wigmaker, had a shop..but alas, ‘the English hair’ which he imported became unpatriotic.
1962 Guardian 13 Apr. 1/7 Off-white-collar workers..are showing an unpatriotic reluctance to subsidise richer men's meals.
2001 N.Y. Times 28 Oct. iv. 13/3 I'll be accused of being unpatriotic for suggesting that the administration and its Congressional allies are pandering to special interests at a time like this.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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