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dis⋅loy⋅al

  [dis-loi-uhl]
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–adjective
false to one's obligations or allegiances; not loyal; faithless; treacherous.
Origin:
1470–80; < MF desloial, OF desleal, equiv. to des- dis- 1 + leal loyal

Related forms:
dis⋅loy⋅al⋅ist, noun
dis⋅loy⋅al⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
unfaithful, perfidious, traitorous, treasonable.
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dis·loy·al   (dĭs-loi'əl)   
adj.  Lacking loyalty. See Synonyms at faithless.

[Late Middle English, from Old French desloial : des-, dis- + loial, loyal; see loyal.]
dis·loy'al·ist n., dis·loy'al·ly adv.
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