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disloyal

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for disloyal.

Editorial note

From the article: First, job-hopping millennials proved disloyal to employers, and now apparently they’re also disloyal to each other.

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Quick take

Not loyal, without loyalty.

Meaning at a glance

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adjective

Not loyal, without loyalty.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for disloyal.

Example sentences

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From the article: First, job-hopping millennials proved disloyal to employers, and now apparently they’re also disloyal to each other.

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Not many people will openly condemn their own group, not wanting to air dirty laundry or appear disloyal.

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That was my thought too, although it still is awful that the game industry is so disloyal.

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The prepaid market is a very disloyal non-forgiving market for the service provider but extremely sensible for the consumer.

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Be disloyal, and you'll never work in the city again and will be prosecuted if possible.

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Near-exclusive reliance on patronage not only provided a means for rewarding the useful and the loyal, it also provided a reliable means for starving the disloyal and disruptive.

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Her most prominent changes, stack ranking and acqui-hires, are pretty bad in general (inciting cutthroat competition and burning cash for disloyal employees).

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Piss him off, act disloyal and you'll be stripped of your rank.

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If you're very early in your career, you probably haven't learned that most companies are very disloyal even to people that show them extreme loyalty.

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I don't care what hamfisted biological theories you toss out, its hurtful and disloyal.

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Nobody intentionally hires people that are clearly disloyal or disruptive.

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I have subscribed to Spotify since pretty much the beginning - for years and years - and yet I am completely disloyal to them.

Quote examples

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Or maybe they themselves have burned out and become bitter about "disloyal" employees who keep quitting and they don't have any energy left to do something about it.

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What makes millennials look “reckless” or disloyal now might actually be the key to their success, especially because corporations are never going to be their friend, no matter the generations of change." There is some confusion here.

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They basically insinuated that doing otherwise was disloyal -- although, they cloaked the message in a super-positive tone, saying something like, "we are always really stoked when new hires choose the most equity possible because they believe in the mission".

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Most of them mask their blatant anti-employee bias in moralistic language to try to shame people out of asking questions: as one example, if you leave for another opportunity whilst involved in a project, you're considered "disloyal" or "unstable" and guilted, even though a company would shave off a unit in a heartbeat if it meant a major change in their financial prospects.

Frequently asked questions

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How do you use disloyal in a sentence?

From the article: First, job-hopping millennials proved disloyal to employers, and now apparently they’re also disloyal to each other.

What does disloyal mean?

Not loyal, without loyalty.

What part of speech is disloyal?

disloyal is commonly used as adjective.