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For once Sophie could find nothing wrong with Sisi's conduct but when her fourth grandchild was unpatriotically born in Hungary, Sophie was ostentatiously uninterested, even sniffed doubts of its legitimacy.

From Time Magazine Archive

To official Canada, the whole affair was purely domestic: some civil servants obviously had acted, if not treasonously, at least unpatriotically in giving away � or perhaps selling � atom-bomb data and other information.

From Time Magazine Archive

Meanwhile, to allay his anxiety as to the results, he had unpatriotically given the cricket-fields a wide berth, and thus deprived Taylor's of the privilege of his cheer in the house match.

From Acton's Feud A Public School Story by Swainson, Frederick

"Give me li'l old New York," said the man from up-state, unpatriotically.

From The Adventures of Sally by Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)

He concluded by demanding that the whole meeting should proceed to the palace and request the Prince to discharge his hesitating ministry; or, at all events, the one minister who seemed to be unpatriotically inclined.

From Waldfried A Novel by Auerbach, Berthold