He who acts without loyalty does so in a disloyal manner.
The adjective disloyal is used to describe someone who acts without loyalty : that is, without respecting criteria of honor, nobility and fidelity. The concept can also be applied to the action that is carried out in this way.
For example: "The defender hit the forward knowing that he could injure him: it was an unfair play" , "I do not want to have unfair workers in my company" , "Not standing up to defend me in the middle of the argument was an unfair act that I will never forgive him for" .
Unfair behavior
Disloyal behaviour can be found in different areas. Let's suppose that a football manager starts negotiating with the president of a club about his possible incorporation into the institution when there is still another manager in charge. Not only does the man not wait for the position to become vacant, but he finds out how much his colleague is paid and offers to do the same job on a salary 20% lower. It can therefore be said that the manager in question behaves disloyally.
Someone who tries to seduce a friend's partner can also be defined as disloyal. The same can be said of a worker who betrays a colleague to look good to his boss .
Betrayal implies disloyal behavior.
A type of competition
The idea of unfair competition , on the other hand, refers to practices that are developed in a commercial or business environment and that are contrary to honesty . These are actions that a seller or manufacturer develops to harm competitors and gain market share.
Unfair competition may consist of deceiving consumers, offering a product at a price lower than its cost or disseminating false information about competitors' offers, to name a few possibilities.
Antonyms and synonyms of disloyal
Before continuing with the definition of this term, we will briefly delve into its antonym, loyal . Someone deserving of this adjective can also be described as noble, faithful, honest and unconditional , among other concepts that speak of a person incapable of betraying the trust that others place in them. A good friend should always be loyal, protecting their emotional bond with all their might against any external attempt to damage the relationship.
On the contrary, a disloyal person does not respect the foundations of his relationships, regardless of whether they are friendships or work ties. Among the various synonyms of the word disloyal we find the following: unfaithful, traitor , ungrateful, felon, treacherous, perfidious, deserter, miserable and ungrateful . As can be seen at a glance, most of them are terms that are used in everyday speech, while the rest are reserved for the written language, both literary and legal.
A betrayal
Without a doubt, a person who tries to win over another person's partner, whether or not she is a friend, commits a miserable act and promotes a betrayal. Similarly, someone who betrays a co-worker with the intention of gaining the sympathy of his employer or who seeks the dismissal of a third party by offering his services for a much lower remuneration, are truly despicable beings, who do not seem to feel respect for the freedom of others.
Unfair competition is a common occurrence in the commercial field, and the lack of adequate sanctions is the reason why there are so many similar companies, products and services in each industry. Even though there are mechanisms to protect intellectual property , that is, creations of the mind, there are always ways to circumvent them in order to plagiarize other people's work in order to make money with the least amount of effort possible. Nowadays, this way of working is more common than the correct way.