disaffect
Example Sentences
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The race has become a test of strategy: Crockett argues her combative style will energize turnout, while Talarico presents himself as a bridge to moderates and disaffected Republicans.
From Barron's
Protesters who filled the streets in recent weeks - and withdrew only under overwhelming force - remain deeply disaffected.
From BBC
However, it isn’t yet clear who could replace him or what they would do differently to win back disaffected Labour voters.
Mr. Bush came to the realization—and only after 9/11, remember—that vicious rulers and their failed states generate disaffected people who harbor ill designs on the United States.
Led by a disaffected corporal who never liked Sutton and who dreams of collapsing the crypto-economy to his financial benefit, the group attempt to take her and the First Family hostage.
From Los Angeles Times
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