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Synonyms for unfaithful

Grammar : Adj
Spell : uhn-feyth-fuhl
Phonetic Transcription : ʌnˈfeɪθ fəl

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Définition of unfaithful

Origin :
  • mid-14c., "acting falsely," from un- (1) "not" + faithful. In Middle English it also had a sense of "infidel, unbelieving, irreligious" (late 14c.). Sense of "not faithful in marriage" is attested from 1828. Related: Unfaithfully; unfaithfulness.
  • adj disloyal, adulterous
Example sentences :
  • While men are often unfaithful to their covenant, God never is.
  • Extract from : « An Explanation of Luther's Small Catechism » by Joseph Stump
  • He would be as unfaithful to you as he has been to his trust in the bank.
  • Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
  • It is ten times better for a woman to marry an unfaithful than a jealous husband.
  • Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel
  • It is lawful for the body to have its desires and its loves, but not to be promiscuous and unfaithful.
  • Extract from : « The Golden Fountain » by Lilian Staveley
  • He wondered if it was true that there had been love between these two, and she had been unfaithful.
  • Extract from : « The Treasure Trail » by Marah Ellis Ryan
  • Unfortunately she, too, is touched by the infection of this irreverent and unfaithful age.
  • Extract from : « The Arrow of Gold » by Joseph Conrad
  • It was about a man who was unfaithful to his wife, and they had five children just as we have.
  • Extract from : « The Love Affairs of an Old Maid » by Lilian Bell
  • And at that moment I understood that I might be unfaithful to my husband.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume VIII. » by Guy de Maupassant
  • Hadnt he said something about someones having been unfaithful to him?
  • Extract from : « The Adventures of Maya the Bee » by Waldemar Bonsels
  • When they added to the number, they feared that they were unfaithful to the original.
  • Extract from : « Early Theories of Translation » by Flora Ross Amos

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