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unloyal

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English

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Etymology

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From un- +‎ loyal.

Adjective

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unloyal (comparative more unloyal, superlative most unloyal)

  1. Not loyal.
    • 1911, Shelby M. Cullom, Fifty Years of Public Service[1]:
      I happened to hear of the Pomeroy letter in behalf of Mr. Chase, and I learned with amazement that Chase was conspiring with his friends to secure the nomination for the Presidency, and was untrue and unloyal to his chief.
    • 1918, James W. Gerard, Face to Face with Kaiserism[2]:
      Particularly did the Kaiser call attention to the equivocal and unloyal position of England which had destroyed the hope of a peaceful issue.