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[syn: faithless, traitorous, unfaithful, treasonable, treasonous]
4. not trustworthy;
- Example: "an unfaithful reproduction"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Unfaithful \Un*faith"ful\, a.
1. 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.
[1913 Webster]
My feet, through wine, unfaithful to their weight.
--Pope.
[1913 Webster]
His honor rooted in dishonor stood,
And faith unfaithful kept him falsely true.
--Tennyson.
[1913 Webster]
2. Not possessing faith; infidel. [R.] --Milton.
[1913 Webster] -- Un*faith"ful*ly, adv. --
Un*faith"ful*ness, n.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
unfaithful
adj 1: not true to duty or obligation or promises; "an
unfaithful lover" [ant: faithful]
2: having sexual relations with someone other than your husband
or wife, or your boyfriend or girlfriend; "her husband was
unfaithful" [ant: faithful]
3: having the character of, or characteristic of, a traitor;
"the faithless Benedict Arnold"; "a lying traitorous
insurrectionist" [syn: faithless, traitorous,
unfaithful, treasonable, treasonous]
4: not trustworthy; "an unfaithful reproduction"
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
28 Moby Thesaurus words for "unfaithful":
derelict, disaffected, disloyal, disregardful, faithless, false,
fickle, inattentive, inconstant, inobservant, negligent,
nonadherent, noncompliant, nonconforming, nonobservant,
not true to, of bad faith, perfidious, recreant, traitorous,
treacherous, trothless, uncompliant, unconforming, unloyal,
unobservant, unsteadfast, untrue