unpatriotic

adjective

un·​pa·​tri·​ot·​ic ˌən-ˌpā-trē-ˈä-tik How to pronounce unpatriotic (audio)
 chiefly British  -ˌpa-
: not feeling or showing love for or devotion to one's country : not patriotic
protesters accused of being unpatriotic
a time when opposition to the war was considered unpatriotic
unpatriotically
ˌən-ˌpā-trē-ˈä-ti-k(ə-)lē How to pronounce unpatriotic (audio)
 chiefly British  -ˌpa-
adverb

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For these unpatriotic 'entertainers,' this was just a CORRUPT & UNLAWFUL way to capitalize on a broken system. Jordan King shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 May 2025 Team Trump’s erratic game of Russian roulette over tariffs, vaccines and Ukraine are only the most dangerous examples of their unpatriotic incompetence. Mark Green, New York Daily News, 20 Apr. 2025 Arguing that the Smithsonian somehow misleads people, somehow is unpatriotic, somehow is saying things that are not true. Elizabeth Blair, NPR, 28 Mar. 2025 What Trump and Hegseth are doing is un-American, unpatriotic. Mark Joseph, Newsweek, 24 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for unpatriotic

Word History

First Known Use

1758, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of unpatriotic was in 1758

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“Unpatriotic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unpatriotic. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.

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