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English Dictionary: unfaithful by the DICT Development Group
2 results for unfaithful
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
unfaithful
adj
  1. not true to duty or obligation or promises; "an unfaithful lover"
    Antonym(s): faithful
  2. having sexual relations with someone other than your husband or wife, or your boyfriend or girlfriend; "her husband was unfaithful"
    Antonym(s): faithful
  3. having the character of, or characteristic of, a traitor; "the faithless Benedict Arnold"; "a lying traitorous insurrectionist"
    Synonym(s): faithless, traitorous, unfaithful, treasonable, treasonous
  4. not trustworthy; "an unfaithful reproduction"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.
  
                     My feet, through wine, unfaithful to their weight.
                                                                              --Pope.
  
                     His honor rooted in dishonor stood, And faith
                     unfaithful kept him falsely true.      --Tennyson.
  
      2. Not possessing faith; infidel. [R.] --Milton. --
            {Un*faith"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Un*faith"ful*ness}, n.
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