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   dis·loy·al

   /disˈloi(ə)l/

   adjective

   • 1. failing to be loyal to a person, country, or body to which one has obligations: "she felt that inquiring into her father's past would be disloyal to her mother"
   • ▪ (of an action, speech, or thought) demonstrating a lack of loyalty: "disloyal mutterings about his leadership"

   Word Origin late 15th century: from Old French desloial, from des- (expressing negation) + loial ‘loyal’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. disloyalist noun
   • 2. disloyally adverb

   Scrabble Points: 12

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