unloyal

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unloyal

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From un- + loyal. Piecewise doublet of unleal and unlegal.

adjective more unloyal · most unloyal

  1. Not loyal. 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.

    Similar: disloyal, unfaithful, unleal, booky, dastardly, disleal, double-crossing, double-dealing, double-faced, double-hearted, doublehearted, faithless

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@misc{unloyal_2026,
  title = {unloyal},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/unloyal},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}