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[ uhn-feyth -fuh l ] SHOW IPA
/ ʌnˈfeɪθ fəl / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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adjective not faithful; false to duty, obligation, or promises; faithless; disloyal.
not sexually faithful to a spouse or lover.
not accurate or complete; inexact: an unfaithful translation.
Obsolete . unbelieving; infidel.
Origin of unfaithful First recorded in 1350–1400, unfaithful is from the Middle English word unfeithful. See un-1 , faithful
SYNONYMS FOR unfaithful 1 untrustworthy, deceitful, treacherous, recreant.
3 imprecise, untrue.
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OTHER WORDS FROM unfaithful un·faith·ful·ly, adverb un·faith·ful·ness, noun Words nearby unfaithful unfailing, unfair, unfair competition, unfair practice, unfaith, unfaithful , unfamiliar, unfancied, unfashionable, unfasten, unfathered
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Example sentences from the Web for unfaithful The book’s most chilling scene occurs when Kravitz discovered his father, Sy, had been unfaithful —news he dutifully reported to his mom.
Lenny Kravitz Opens Up About His Mom Roxie Roker And His First Love Lisa Bonet | cmurray| October 6, 2020| Essence.com
A Democratic Senate candidate being unfaithful to his wife hits North Carolina voters harder than it might in some states, evoking the implosion of former senator and presidential candidate John Edwards.
The Trailer: The seven political states of Texas | David Weigel| October 4, 2020| Washington Post
The most obvious being their unfaithful husbands, but that really is the least of it.
Channeling Eleanor | Eleanor Clift| September 9, 2014| DAILY BEAST
Voronov previously alleged texting proof that Weir had been unfaithful .
Does Your Marriage Need a Digital Privacy Clause? | Keli Goff| April 17, 2014| DAILY BEAST
Douglas, who played the unfaithful lawyer in the film, was the only one happy to compromise.
Return of the Bunny Boiler: Fatal Attraction’s World Stage Premiere | Nico Hines| March 26, 2014| DAILY BEAST
Off stage, he was an unfaithful husband, a neglectful father, and a friend only so long as you did what he wanted.
Wheeere’s Johnny? | Malcolm Jones| October 13, 2013| DAILY BEAST
What they'll likely remember is that Unfaithful scene—you know the one.
Is Diane Lane Too Sexy for Hillary? | Anna Brand| July 29, 2013| DAILY BEAST
You wouldn't wish me to be unfaithful to my duty, would you?
The Faith Doctor | Edward Eggleston
Before Berry was given the job they had a watchman, but he had to be discharged because he was unfaithful , which Berry never is.
Dew Drops, Vol. 37, No. 15, April 12, 1914 | Various
Why should that odium attach to this, more than to all unfaithful use of the conjugal relation?
Memoir of Mary L. Ware, Wife of Henry Ware, Jr. | Edward B. Hall
A false or unfaithful development is more properly to be called a corruption.
An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine | John Henry Cardinal Newman
She knew that she had not been all unfaithful ; sometimes he had been rested, sometimes cheered, when she was 301 near.
The Wayfarers | Mary Stewart Cutting
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British Dictionary definitions for unfaithful adjective not true to a promise, vow, etc
not true to a wife, husband, lover, etc, esp in having sexual intercourse with someone else
inaccurate; inexact; unreliable; untrustworthy unfaithful copy
obsolete not having religious faith; infidel
obsolete not upright; dishonest
Derived forms of unfaithful unfaithfully , adverb unfaithfulness , noun Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Words related to unfaithful cheating, untrue, deceitful, faithless, fickle, inconstant, incontinent, perfidious, recreant, shifty, snaky, traitorous, treacherous, two-faced, two-timing, unreliable, untrustworthy, wicked, false-hearted, sneaking