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disloyal

/dɪsˈlɔɪəl/adjective

उच्चारण डिस्लॉइअल

निष्ठाहीन, बेवफ़ा, विश्वासघाती

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adjective
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    ~ (to sb/sth)

    not loyal or not supporting your friends, family or country

    निष्ठाहीन, बेवफ़ा, विश्वासघाती

    • He was disloyal to his friends.
    • The party expelled the minister for being disloyal to its leader.
    • It would be disloyal to share the company's secrets with a rival.
    + 2 more examples
    • The soldier was accused of being disloyal to his country.
    • Radhika felt that leaving her friend alone at the party was disloyal.

    Synonyms unfaithful treacherous faithless false perfidious

    Opposite loyal faithful devoted true

§Structures (grammar patterns) 4

disloyal to + sb / sth

Disloyal is followed by to for the person or cause betrayed, not with or against.

जिस व्यक्ति या उद्देश्य से विश्वासघात हो, उसके लिए 'disloyal' के बाद to आता है, with या against नहीं।

  • He was disloyal to his friends.
  • A soldier disloyal to his country is called a traitor.

disloyal + noun

Before a noun, it describes people and acts that lack faithfulness.

Noun से पहले यह निष्ठा की कमी वाले लोगों और कार्यों का वर्णन करता है।

  • The king punished the disloyal minister.
  • Spreading secrets was a disloyal act.

disloyal / disloyalty

Disloyal is the adjective and disloyalty is the noun; after be, use the adjective.

'Disloyal' adjective है और 'disloyalty' noun; be के बाद adjective आता है।

  • The disloyalty of his partner broke his heart.
  • It would be disloyal to leave the team now.

disloyal + of / for + sb + to-infinitive

Use the pattern It is disloyal of sb to do sth to judge a person's act.

किसी के कार्य पर निर्णय देने के लिए 'It is disloyal of sb to do sth' रचना का प्रयोग होता है।

  • It would be disloyal of Radhika to reveal her friend's secret.
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adverb + disloyal

completelydeeplyquiteaccused of beingsomewhat

  • He was accused of being disloyal to the firm.

disloyal + noun

employeefriendsubjectactbehaviour

  • A disloyal employee leaked the plan.

verb + disloyal

provefeelseemconsider sbcall sb

  • He felt disloyal even thinking of changing teams.

disloyal + to

to the kingto the partyto one's friendsto the nation

  • He was punished for being disloyal to the nation.
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  • The general suspected that one of his officers was disloyal.

सेनापति को संदेह था कि उसका एक अधिकारी विश्वासघाती है।

  • Radhika felt disloyal when she praised her rival school.

अपने प्रतिद्वंद्वी विद्यालय की प्रशंसा करने पर राधिका को लगा कि वह निष्ठाहीन हो रही है।

  • Selling secrets to a competitor is disloyal to your employer.

प्रतिद्वंद्वी को भेद बेचना अपने नियोक्ता के प्रति विश्वासघात है।

  • History remembers Mir Jafar as a disloyal commander.

इतिहास मीर जाफ़र को एक विश्वासघाती सेनापति के रूप में याद करता है।

  • It was disloyal of him to speak against his teacher.

अपने शिक्षक के विरुद्ध बोलना उसकी ओर से निष्ठाहीनता थी।

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✗ He proved disloyal with his best friend.

✓ He proved disloyal to his best friend.

Disloyal takes to.

'Disloyal' के बाद to आता है।

✗ The minister was disloyalty to the king.

✓ The minister was disloyal to the king.

After was, an adjective is needed: disloyal.

'Was' के बाद adjective चाहिए: 'disloyal'।

✗ He was unloyal to the company.

✓ He was disloyal to the company.

The opposite of loyal is disloyal; unloyal is not a standard word.

Loyal का विलोम 'disloyal' है; 'unloyal' मानक शब्द नहीं है।

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dis·loy·al

§Grammar and usage

Disloyal to sb (not 'with').

'Disloyal to sb' सही है, जिसका अर्थ है किसी के प्रति वफ़ादार न होना; यहाँ preposition 'to' आता है, 'with' नहीं।

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One-word substitution

A person who is disloyal to his country is a traitor; who changes sides a turncoat or defector; disloyalty to one's country is treason or sedition.

अपने देश के प्रति बेवफ़ा traitor; पक्ष बदलने वाला turncoat या defector; देश के प्रति बेवफ़ाई treason या sedition।