disaffected
adjective
dis·af·fect·ed
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Definition of disaffected
: discontented and resentful especially against authority : rebellious
disaffected youth
Examples of disaffected in a Sentence
The troops had become disaffected.
Both political parties are looking for ways to regain the trust of disaffected voters.
Recent Examples on the Web
This viewpoint admits to sympathy for Hong Kong’s disaffected youth, who are alarmed at the rapid integration of the territory’s economy with China’s. — The Economist, "Hong Kong remains crucially important to mainland China," 8 Aug. 2019 His status as an outsider to politics has allowed him to attract some of the disaffected or fringe groups that also collected around Trump. — Emily Witt, The New Yorker, "How Andrew Yang’s Robot Apocalypse Can Heal a Divided Nation," 18 July 2019 Until the past few years, the biggest threat came from Islamists and disaffected Muslim youths, particularly in the troubled banlieues at the edges of French cities. — Yaroslav Trofimov, WSJ, "The New Anti-Semitism," 12 July 2019 London does not loom large in Mr Johnson’s strategy of trying to scoop up votes from disaffected Labour voters in towns that supported Brexit. — The Economist, "London’s mayoral race shows Tory disregard for the capital," 22 Aug. 2019 Sites like YouTube have been blamed for pushing lonely, disaffected viewers toward extremist ideology. — Adi Robertson, The Verge, "Borderlands 3 has a billion guns, and its most dangerous weapon is vlogging," 14 Aug. 2019 The track is gauzy, made up of rudimentary synths, and Cottrill’s singing is disaffected. — Carrie Battan, The New Yorker, "Clairo and the Fuzzy, D.I.Y. Sounds of Bedroom Pop," 12 Aug. 2019 The first narrator sounds like a chirpy, disaffected school primer: Here is the house. . — The New Yorker, "Toni Morrison, Remembered By Writers," 10 Aug. 2019 This shooting just brings home to me how the most encompassing category of these shooters is disaffected men. — Nr Staff, National Review, "The Editors Podcast: More Mass Shootings Shake the Nation," 9 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'disaffected.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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disaffected
adjective
English Language Learners Definition of disaffected
formal
: no longer happy and willing to support a leader, government, etc.
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