unpatriotic

English

Etymology

un- +‎ patriotic

Adjective

unpatriotic (comparative more unpatriotic, superlative most unpatriotic)

1. Not patriotic
   • 1858 November 1, “Lettres De Silvio Pellico”, in The Atlantic‎^[1]:

     What is a Christian's duty, when his country is bled and plundered and ground down to the dust under the iron heel of military despotism, when the political fabric of his native land is crumbling, and his countrymen are listless, selfish, sensual, unpatriotic, not unhappy so long as their bellies are filled and their backs covered?

   • 1963, Martin Luther King, Jr., “Transformed Nonconformist”, in Strength to Love‎^[2], New York: Pocket Books, published 1964, →OCLC, page 13:

     Millions of citizens are deeply disturbed that the military-industrial complex too often shapes national policy, but they do not want to be considered unpatriotic. Countless loyal Americans honestly feel that a world body such as the United Nations should include even Red China, but they fear being called Communist sympathizers.

   • 2021 June 7, “Nigerian broadcasters ordered to stop using ‘unpatriotic’ Twitter”, in The Guardian‎^[3]:

     Nigeria’s media regulator has directed all TV and radio stations to delete their Twitter accounts and described its use as unpatriotic[.]

Translations

not patriotic

• Danish: upatriotisk
• French: antipatriotique (fr)
• Georgian: არაპატრიოტული (araṗaṭrioṭuli)
• German: unpatriotisch
• Greek: αντιπατριωτικός (el) (antipatriotikós)
• Norwegian: upatriotisk