faithless
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Adjective (1)
- having the character of, or characteristic of, a traitor“the faithless Benedict Arnold”“a lying traitorous insurrectionist”Synonyms: traitorousunfaithfultreasonabletreasonousOpposite loyalSimilar disloyal
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Faith′less adjective
1. Not believing; not giving credit.
Be not faithless, but believing.— John xx. 27.
2. Not believing on God or religion; specifically, not believing in the Christian religion. William Shakespeare
3. Not observant of promises or covenants.
4. Not true to allegiance, duty, or vows; perfidious; trecherous; disloyal; not of true fidelity; inconstant, as a husband or a wife.
A most unnatural and faithless service.— William Shakespeare
5. Serving to disappoint or deceive; delusive; unsatisfying. “Yonder faithless phantom.” Oliver Goldsmith
— Faith′wb-a1′>′less·ly, adverbFaith′wb-a1′>′less·ness, noun
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54