disaffectionate

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English

Etymology

From dis- +‎ affectionate.

Adjective

disaffectionate (comparative more disaffectionate, superlative most disaffectionate)

  1. Not disposed to affection; unfriendly.
    • 1661, Ralph Browning, A Sermon preach'd on the Coronation Day of K. Charles I.:
      It's the lot of the servants of God to be liable to the quarrels of disaffectionate men

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