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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
disunite .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective having been divided; having the unity destroyed
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Examples
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Dr Mahathir's continued efforts at whipping up fear amongst Malays has now been taken up by some other Umno leaders, including former party secretary-general recently as saying that all the hard-fought privileges accrued by the Malays over the years would soon be lost if they are to be "disunited".
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He denied Labour was "disunited" and blamed the media for stirring up dissent but added the party had to be more honest about past mistakes.
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What can we say about the spiritual state of the dissociated and disunited mind of other cultures?
The Bushman Way of Tracking God PhD Bradford Keeney 2010
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Is the Ethiopian political opposition "weak and disunited"?
Alemayehu G. Mariam: Out of Touch in the Horn of Africa? Alemayehu G. Mariam 2011
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Is the Ethiopian political opposition "weak and disunited"?
Alemayehu G. Mariam: Out of Touch in the Horn of Africa? Alemayehu G. Mariam 2011
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And if that student of philosophy, politics and economics David Cameron had boned up on European history, he would have learned the truth of Sir Humphrey's observation in Yes Minister: "Britain has had the same foreign policy objective for at least the last 500 years – to create a disunited Europe."
Unthinkable? Ministers to take historical advice | Editorial 2011
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Italy celebrated its sesquicentennial as a nation in March and yet it can still seem as factional and disunited as it did during the years of reunification, the years of Tomasi's work.
A Lyric, Elegiac Lament for a Lost World Willard Spiegelman 2011
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Under such circumstances, is it any wonder that the Ethiopian opposition is weak and disunited?
Alemayehu G. Mariam: Out of Touch in the Horn of Africa? Alemayehu G. Mariam 2011
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It makes sense to talk about the rise of India and China, but Asia is too diverse with too many cultures, nations and religions — and it is too disunited.
The Next Battleground Gurcharan Das 2010
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In a single sentence, out of the blue, the partners ganged up and whipsawed the entire Ethiopian opposition: "The Ethiopian political opposition is weak, disunited, and out of touch with the average Ethiopian, partners agreed."
Alemayehu G. Mariam: Out of Touch in the Horn of Africa? Alemayehu G. Mariam 2011
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