unpatriotic
pronunciation
How to pronounce unpatriotic in British English:
UK [ˌʌnˌpætriˈɒtɪk]
How to pronounce unpatriotic in American English:
US [ˌʌnˌpeɪtriˈɑtɪk]
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- Adjective:
- showing lack of love for your country
Word Origin
- unpatriotic (adj.)
- 1775, from un- (1) "not" + patriotic.
Example
- 1. Mr mccain has tried to portray barack obama as an unpatriotic socialist .
- 2. In many countries , for academics to challenge positive national data would be considered unpatriotic .
- 3. Not being blindly obedient to the state or simply to challenge the power of the state is considered unpatriotic .
- 4. And there 's no better way to do that than accusing the other party of being unpatriotic and godless .
- 5. If it was unpatriotic to question the government , we 'd still be english !