as in traitorous
not true in one's allegiance to someone or something
colonists who later proved to be unfaithful to the cause of independence
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Recent Examples of unfaithful
This story isn't nearly as exciting because an NBA player being unfaithful to his girlfriend sort of just feels like a regular Thursday afternoon.
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Amber Harding Outkick, FOXNews.com, 28 Apr. 2026
Upon discovering that her abusive husband (Caleb Landry Jones) had been unfaithful, Becky drove off with her parents' car and shot at the door of his mistress' apartment.
—Drew MacKie, PEOPLE, 11 Apr. 2026
Their acrimonious split the following April was ushered in by the Love Thy Nader star's accusation that Savchenko was unfaithful.
—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Apr. 2026
Moreover, quotas or preferences divorced from character and accomplishments are unfaithful to individual rights and responsibilities and a temptation to tribalism.
—Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 5 Mar. 2026
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Amber Harding Outkick, FOXNews.com, 28 Apr. 2026
Upon discovering that her abusive husband (Caleb Landry Jones) had been unfaithful, Becky drove off with her parents' car and shot at the door of his mistress' apartment.
—Drew MacKie, PEOPLE, 11 Apr. 2026
Their acrimonious split the following April was ushered in by the Love Thy Nader star's accusation that Savchenko was unfaithful.
—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Apr. 2026
Moreover, quotas or preferences divorced from character and accomplishments are unfaithful to individual rights and responsibilities and a temptation to tribalism.
—Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 5 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unfaithful
Adjective
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And at the very center of Hell is Satan himself, the traitorous Archangel Lucifer, depicted as a monstrous creature with wings and three heads.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
11 May 2026
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Russell fabricates a lie with the rest of the villains, and the heroes believe it, despite a warning from one traitorous tribemate.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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Broadband coverage is available to about 80 percent of Wakulla County, where Mashes Sands Beach is located, and cell service can be unreliable depending on your exact location.—
Gabi De la Rosa,
Southern Living,
19 May 2026
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Even with coupons or savings programs, access remained unreliable for many.—
Payton Herres,
STAT,
19 May 2026
Adjective
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On May 14, Dana Williamson, a former top aide to Newsom and onetime Becerra political adviser, pleaded guilty in federal court after accepting a plea deal to multiple charges, including committing bank and wire fraud, filing a false tax return, and lying to the FBI.—
James Ward,
USA Today,
15 May 2026
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Dana Williamson, former top aide to Newsom, pleaded guilty in an FBI corruption probe to bank fraud, filing a false tax return and lying to the FBI.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
15 May 2026
Adjective
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The French had said the British were faithless.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 May 2026
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When this inquiry was relayed to the Trump Administration, one Administration official told me last month, it was interpreted as a signal that Anthropic, which was then renegotiating its own contract with the federal government, was perhaps a faithless partner.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
New Yorker,
15 Apr. 2026
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The cruel cartoon of a constantly shrewish, venal, and disloyal Mary began cementing itself in the public mind when William Herndon, Lincoln’s Springfield law partner, started lecturing about his reminiscences within months of the President’s murder.—
Thomas Mallon,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
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The result marks another trophy for the president’s collection in his ongoing bid to oust Republicans perceived as disloyal to him.—
Kayla Hayempour,
NBC news,
17 May 2026
Adjective
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So for graduates walking into a treacherous student debt landscape, even a single round of loan forgiveness can help.—
Sydney Lake,
Fortune,
13 May 2026
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Under the cover of darkness, the Traitors murder the Faithful one by one in a treacherous spree while the Faithful try to uncover the Traitors and banish them from the game.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
11 May 2026
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“Unfaithful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unfaithful. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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