un-American
adjective
un-Amer·i·can
ˌən-ə-ˈmer-ə-kən 
: not American : not characteristic of or consistent with American customs, principles, or traditions
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When Republican state representative Laurel Libby brought this case to light, her colleagues voted to censure her, overstepping their bounds in the most un-American way possible.
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Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025
Here’s a president who’s setting the ugly, un-American precedent of personally deciding which reporters are allowed to cover him in the Oval Office and on Air Force One.
—George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2025
His sense of American exceptionalism separates the United States from an intrinsically un-American outside world.
—Michael Kimmage, Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
What Trump and Hegseth are doing is un-American, unpatriotic.
—Mark Joseph, Newsweek, 24 Feb. 2025
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Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025
Here’s a president who’s setting the ugly, un-American precedent of personally deciding which reporters are allowed to cover him in the Oval Office and on Air Force One.
—George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2025
His sense of American exceptionalism separates the United States from an intrinsically un-American outside world.
—Michael Kimmage, Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
What Trump and Hegseth are doing is un-American, unpatriotic.
—Mark Joseph, Newsweek, 24 Feb. 2025
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“Un-American.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/un-American. Accessed 18 Mar. 2025.
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