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un⋅faith⋅ful

[uhn-feyth-fuhl]
–adjective
1. not faithful; false to duty, obligation, or promises; faithless; disloyal.
2. not sexually faithful to a spouse or lover.
3. not accurate or complete; inexact: an unfaithful translation.
4. Obsolete. unbelieving; infidel.

Origin:
1350–1400; ME unfeithful. See un- 1 , faithful


un⋅faith⋅ful⋅ly, adverb
un⋅faith⋅ful⋅ness, noun


1. untrustworthy, deceitful, treacherous, recreant. 3. imprecise, untrue.
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un·faith·ful   (ŭn-fāth'fəl)   
adj.  
  1. Not adhering to promises, obligations, or allegiances; disloyal. See Synonyms at faithless.

    1. Not true or constant to one's sexual partner.

    2. Not true to one's spouse; guilty of adultery.

  2. Not justly representing or reflecting the original; inaccurate.

  3. Obsolete Deficient in or lacking religious faith; unbelieving.

un·faith'ful·ly adv., un·faith'ful·ness n.
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Word Origin & History

unfaithful 
1340 (implied in unfaithfully) "acting falsely," from un- (1) "not" + faithful (see faith). In M.E. it also had a sense of "infidel, unbelieving, irreligious" (1382). Sense of "not faithful in marriage" is attested from 1828.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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