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faith⋅less

  [feyth-lis]
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–adjective
1. not adhering to allegiance, promises, vows, or duty: the faithless behavior of Benedict Arnold.
2. not trustworthy; unreliable.
3. without trust or belief.
4. being without religious faith.
5. (among Christians) bereft of Christian faith.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME faithles. See faith, -less

Related forms:
faith⋅less⋅ly, adverb
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faith·less   (fāth'lĭs)   
adj.  
  1. Not true to duty or obligation; disloyal.
  2. Having no religious faith.
  3. Unworthy of faith or trust; unreliable.
faith'less·ly adv., faith'less·ness n.
Synonyms: These adjectives mean not true to duty or obligation. Faithless and unfaithful imply failure to adhere to promises, obligations, or allegiances: was faithless to her ideals; an unfaithful spouse.
False emphasizes deceitfulness: "To thine own self be true,/And it must follow, as the night the day,/Thou canst not then be false to any man" (Shakespeare).
One who is disloyal betrays an allegiance: disloyal staff members who exposed the senator's indiscretions.
Traitorous most commonly refers to disloyalty to a government or nation: a traitorous double agent.
Treacherous suggests a propensity for betraying trust or faith: "She gave the treacherous impulse time to subside" (Henry James).
Perfidious suggests vileness of behavior and often deceitfulness: a perfidious assassin.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Faithless

Faith"less\, a. 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. --Shak.

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. --Shak.

5. Serving to disappoint or deceive; delusive; unsatisfying. "Yonder faithless phantom." --Goldsmith. -- Faith"less*ly, adv.Faith"less*ness, n.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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