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unfaithful

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un·faith·ful  (n-fthfl)
adj.
1. Not adhering to promises, obligations, or allegiances; disloyal. See Synonyms at faithless.
2.
a. Not true or constant to one's sexual partner.
b. Not true to one's spouse; guilty of adultery.
3. Not justly representing or reflecting the original; inaccurate.
4. Obsolete Deficient in or lacking religious faith; unbelieving.

un·faithful·ly adv.
un·faithful·ness n.

unfaithful [ʌnˈfeɪθfʊl]
adj
1. not true to a promise, vow, etc.
2. not true to a wife, husband, lover, etc., esp in having sexual intercourse with someone else
3. inaccurate; inexact; unreliable; untrustworthy unfaithful copy
4. Obsolete not having religious faith; infidel
5. Obsolete not upright; dishonest
unfaithfully  adv
unfaithfulness  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.unfaithfulunfaithful - not true to duty or obligation or promises; "an unfaithful lover"
inconstant - likely to change frequently often without apparent or cogent reason; variable; "inconstant affections"; "an inconstant lover"; "swear not by...the inconstant moon"- Shakespeare
untrustworthy, untrusty - not worthy of trust or belief; "an untrustworthy person"
faithful - steadfast in affection or allegiance; "years of faithful service"; "faithful employees"; "we do not doubt that England has a faithful patriot in the Lord Chancellor"
2.unfaithfulunfaithful - having sexual relations with someone other than your husband or wife, or your boyfriend or girlfriend; "her husband was unfaithful"
faithful - not having sexual relations with anyone except your husband or wife, or your boyfriend or girlfriend; "he remained faithful to his wife"
3.unfaithfulunfaithful - having the character of, or characteristic of, a traitor; "the faithless Benedict Arnold"; "a lying traitorous insurrectionist"
disloyal - deserting your allegiance or duty to leader or cause or principle; "disloyal aides revealed his indiscretions to the papers"
4.unfaithfulunfaithful - not trustworthy; "an unfaithful reproduction"
inaccurate - not exact; "an inaccurate translation"; "the thermometer is inaccurate"

unfaithful
adjective
1. faithless, untrue, two-timing (informal), adulterous, fickle, inconstant, unchaste She was frequently left alone by her unfaithful husband.
faithless faithful, constant
2. disloyal, false, treacherous, deceitful, faithless, perfidious, traitorous, treasonable, false-hearted, recreant (archaic) They denounced him as unfaithful to the traditions of the Society.
disloyal true, loyal, faithful, steadfast
Translations
unfaithful [ˈʌnˈfeɪθfʊl] ADJinfiel (to a)

unfaithful [ˌʌnˈfeɪθfʊl] adjinfidèle
to be unfaithful to sb → tromper qn

unfaithful
adj
wife, husband, loveruntreu; friend, servanttreulos; to be unfaithful to somebodyjdm untreu sein
(= inaccurate) translation, descriptionungenau; the translator was unfaithful to the original poemder Übersetzer verfälschte das Gedicht

unfaithful [ʌnˈfeɪθfʊl] adj unfaithful (to sb)infedele (a qn)
unfaithful [ʌnˈfeɪθfʊl] adj unfaithful (to sb)infedele (a qn)

unfaithful
adj unfaithful [anˈfeiθful]
not loyal and true. dislojaal غَيْر مُخْلِص، خائِن неверен nevěrný utro treulos άπιστος, μη αφοσιωμένος infiel truudusetu بی وفا؛ بدقول uskoton infidèle לא נֶאֱמָן विश्वासघाती nevjeran hűtlen ótrúr infedele 不誠実な 충실하지 않은, 부정직한 neištikimas neuzticīgs; nodevīgs tdk setia ontrouw utro, troløs niewierny desleal infidel неверный neverný nezvest neveran otrogen, trolös ซึ่งไม่ซื่อสัตย์ sadakatsiz, aldatan 不忠實的 невірний, віроломний بے وفا không chung thủy

unfaithful خائن nevěrný utro untreu άπιστος infiel uskoton infidèle nevjeran infedele 不貞な 부정한 ontrouw utro niewierny infiel неверный otrogen ไม่ซื่อสัตย์ sadakatsiz không chung thủy 不诚实的


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Cutter had several times cut paragraphs about unfaithful husbands out of the newspapers and mailed them to Cutter in a disguised handwriting.
He had never clearly thought out the subject, but he had vaguely conceived that his wife must long ago have suspected him of being unfaithful to her, and shut her eyes to the fact.
After the conclusion of the war with Xerxes, it appears that the Lacedaemonians required that a number of the cities should be turned out of the confederacy for the unfaithful part they had acted.
 
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