Unfaithful
[ʌn'feɪθfʊl;-f(ə)l] or [ʌn'feθfl]
Definition
(adj.) not trustworthy; 'an unfaithful reproduction' .
(adj.) not true to duty or obligation or promises; 'an unfaithful lover' .
(adj.) having sexual relations with someone other than your husband or wife, or your boyfriend or girlfriend; 'her husband was unfaithful' .
Edited by Amber--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Not faithful; not observant of promises, vows, allegiance, or duty; violating trust or confidence; treacherous; perfidious; as, an unfaithful subject; an unfaithful agent or servant.
(a.) Not possessing faith; infidel.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Faithless, treacherous, perfidious, unreliable, derelict, false, deceitful, disloyal, recreant, treasonable, undutiful, false-hearted.
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Examples
- I have never been unfaithful to you or your schooling. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Swear then, upon your honour and soul, that you will acquaint me if you should prove unfaithful to me. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- I'm not unfaithful, darling. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- The Empress Josephine was unfaithful to him as he to her. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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