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
In 2016, a record number of faithless votes were cast.
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Robert Alexander and Anna Dawley, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Apr. 2025
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
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
Men are a structuring absence, as they are spoken of as faithless husbands, potential fiancés, feckless sons.
—John Bleasdale, Variety, 21 Nov. 2024
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Robert Alexander and Anna Dawley, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Apr. 2025
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
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
Men are a structuring absence, as they are spoken of as faithless husbands, potential fiancés, feckless sons.
—John Bleasdale, Variety, 21 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for faithless
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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Polling in mayoral races is typically pretty unreliable.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
1 June 2026
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My father called the animal-control office, which was notoriously unreliable; in this case, someone there talked to the owner a couple of times and then gave up.—
Peter Hessler,
New Yorker,
31 May 2026
Adjective
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Today, rumors circulating on social media in the DRC include false claims that Ebola is not real, that humanitarian workers are descending on the area solely for their own profit and that aid groups are withholding the best care available.—
Gabrielle Emanuel,
NPR,
29 May 2026
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In January, Roberts pleaded guilty to making a false statement for employment and one count of unlawfully possessing a firearm while being in the country illegally.—
Corky Siemaszko,
NBC news,
29 May 2026
Adjective
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Starring Yakusho Koji, the film follows a man released on parole after killing his unfaithful wife.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
13 May 2026
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The golden calf famously enraged Moses, showing that the Israelites had turned away from God and were unfaithful in Moses’s absence.—
Britta Miller,
The Washington Examiner,
9 May 2026
Adjective
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Installing his defensive ideals will be key to getting the Pels back to being competitive consistently in the treacherous Western Conference.—
William Guillory,
New York Times,
27 May 2026
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Many make long commutes over treacherous mountain roads to get to their workplace.—
Ernesto Sagás,
The Conversation,
26 May 2026
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“Faithless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/faithless. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.
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