as in traitorous
not true in one's allegiance to someone or something
faithless friends who deserted him in his time of need
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Recent Examples of faithless
Men are a structuring absence, as they are spoken of as faithless husbands, potential fiancés, feckless sons.
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John Bleasdale, Variety, 21 Nov. 2024
But, these faithless actors have never changed the outcome of an election.
—Solcyré Burga, TIME, 28 Oct. 2024
Since Biden is no longer in the running, they won't be considered faithless.
—Kaleigh Rogers, ABC News, 23 July 2024
Nellore admits to being of faithless background yet criticizes people of faith.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 8 Mar. 2024
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John Bleasdale, Variety, 21 Nov. 2024
But, these faithless actors have never changed the outcome of an election.
—Solcyré Burga, TIME, 28 Oct. 2024
Since Biden is no longer in the running, they won't be considered faithless.
—Kaleigh Rogers, ABC News, 23 July 2024
Nellore admits to being of faithless background yet criticizes people of faith.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 8 Mar. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for faithless
Adjective
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Michael Fassbender plays a British intelligence officer tasked with finding who leaked a top-secret software program and betrayed their country, and the list of five potentially traitorous suspects includes his own high-profile wife (Cate Blanchett).—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
10 May 2025
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Smith made out their former collaborators to be ungrateful and traitorous, and the kids weren't given the space to question her command.—
Zoey Lyttle,
People.com,
18 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Minimizing unplanned downtime can deliver an impact that becomes amplified when external supply chains are unreliable.—
Ed Garibian,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2025
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Prosecutors in the case called for Clayton to be jailed for 10 years, but the defense argued for acquittal –– saying the woman’s testimony had many questions and was unreliable, according to NHK.—
Karina Tsui,
CNN Money,
25 June 2025
Adjective
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This was a false charge by the Bush administration, as the United Nations’ inspectors on the ground in Iraq tried to communicate to Bush, and as his intelligence agencies tried to tell him.—
Tom Zirpoli,
Baltimore Sun,
24 June 2025
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But an investigation resulted in an astonishing call from the other side of the world, which revealed that ‘The GPO Girl’ was, in fact, a 25-year-old Australian, who has created more than 100 false identities.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
24 June 2025
Adjective
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People who worked on the nighttime emergency schedule were almost 18 times more likely to be unfaithful to their partners than those who worked part-time.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2025
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Vajiralongkorn divorced their mother in 1996 after accusing her of being unfaithful, stripping her and their sons of their titles and forbidding their return to Thailand.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
26 June 2025
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And yes, much of it involves harrowing drives on treacherous mountain roads, only a few of which — disappointingly, considering the title — are icy.—
Frank Scheck,
HollywoodReporter,
26 June 2025
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But only three of those runs were earned, and three of the hits were pop flies missed due to treacherous winds at Wrigley.—
Sahadev Sharma,
New York Times,
22 June 2025
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“Faithless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/faithless. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.
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