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
Just days before True's birth, Kardashian learned that Thompson had allegedly been unfaithful.
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Jacqueline Weiss, People.com, 21 Feb. 2025
Besides being unsightly, Hephaestus was lame and also had the misfortune of an unfaithful wife.
—Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 20 Jan. 2025
Green asked the reporter, who alleged that the singer was unfaithful to his former fiancée.
—Hannah Sacks, People.com, 6 Feb. 2025
Serially bankrupt and unfaithful, Trump sought prayers from both Catholic and protestant religious dignitaries who condemn such things among their faithful and wink at them from Trump.
—David Mastio, The Mercury News, 22 Jan. 2025
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Jacqueline Weiss, People.com, 21 Feb. 2025
Besides being unsightly, Hephaestus was lame and also had the misfortune of an unfaithful wife.
—Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 20 Jan. 2025
Green asked the reporter, who alleged that the singer was unfaithful to his former fiancée.
—Hannah Sacks, People.com, 6 Feb. 2025
Serially bankrupt and unfaithful, Trump sought prayers from both Catholic and protestant religious dignitaries who condemn such things among their faithful and wink at them from Trump.
—David Mastio, The Mercury News, 22 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unfaithful
Adjective
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But what will their first move as a traitorous duo be?—
Tom Smyth,
Vulture,
27 Feb. 2025
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The blame for this terrifying scenario, McCarthy declared, rested with traitorous federal employees, who had sold their country out and had to be purged from its service.—
Made by History,
TIME,
9 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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This wasn’t merely a technical glitch but a life-altering ordeal for someone who faced serious criminal charges based on algorithms that proved unreliable.—
Lars Daniel,
Forbes,
22 Mar. 2025
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Flashbacks featuring both what actually happened in the White House that evening and versions presented by unreliable witnesses accompany the investigation.—
Daniel Fienberg,
The Hollywood Reporter,
20 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The pivotal addition to the the state Civil Code reads: Existing law provides that libel is a false and unprivileged written publication that injures the reputation and that slander is a false and unprivileged publication, orally uttered, that injures the reputation, as specified.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
20 Mar. 2025
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As part of the scheme, prosecutors said Bock and Said submitted false documentation to the Minnesota Department of Education, including fraudulent meal counts and fake attendance rosters.—
Thao Nguyen,
USA TODAY,
20 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Don Cheadle and Benicio del Toro are both quite good as part of a team that’s tasked with stealing a secret document, setting the stage for a drama involving gangsters, faithless lovers, and white-collar crooks.—
Tim Grierson,
Vulture,
24 Jan. 2025
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Once lost, now found, Ms. Brady offered the closing prayer as the smell of meatloaf promised lunch for the faithful and faithless alike.—
Moriah Ratner,
New York Times,
24 Nov. 2024
Adjective
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Many observers also fear that Trump's Justice Department will prosecute his political opponents — not just Democrats, but also Republicans who are perceived as disloyal.—
Nathaniel Rakich,
ABC News,
21 Jan. 2025
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She’s hurt by a lover’s betrayal, but more hurt that her suspicions of his disloyal nature were proven right from the beginning.—
Jessica Nicholson,
Billboard,
24 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Combined with a light glaze of ice that could fall before temperatures drop, travel in the area could be treacherous that day, the weather service said.—
Sean Murphy and Russ Bynum,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Mar. 2025
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The legendary Stadium, Mountain, and Dunes courses now have bigger and faster greens as well as more treacherous hazards.—
Passport by ForbesLife,
Forbes,
14 Mar. 2025
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“Unfaithful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unfaithful. Accessed 28 Mar. 2025.
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