Un-American Definition

ŭnə-mĕrĭ-kən
adjective
Considered contrary to the institutions or principles of the United States.
American Heritage
Not American; regarded as not characteristically or properly American; esp., regarded as opposed or dangerous to the U.S., its institutions, its principles, etc.
Webster's New World

Not American.

Wiktionary
Anti-American.
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Origin of Un-American

Un-American Sentence Examples

  • This suggests a very un-American attitude about material possessions.

  • There is something distinctly un-American about Kenny's book, which might be explained by his Irish, rather than American-Irish, nativity.

  • And that view is both wrong and fundamentally un-American.

  • It sounds mechanical, sterile, and just a little bit un-American.

  • It is critical to saving American lives from un-American activities right here in our in our own homeland.

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UUN

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NANCAN

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