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
The Shakespearian plot revolves around Othello as a military commander who is convinced that his wife has been unfaithful by his ensign, Iago.
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Lisa Respers France, CNN, 24 Mar. 2025
While Anthony, portrayed by Jharrel Jerome, faces his own challenges throughout the film, the matriarch of the movie also raises four children while dealing with an abusive and unfaithful husband, played by Bobby Cannavale.
—Elizabeth Stanton, Fox News, 3 Feb. 2025
Emmy has stood by Will's side throughout it all, especially because he's denied being unfaithful.
—Dave Quinn, People.com, 27 Feb. 2025
In the present day, Alice, Brett, perfectionistic realtor Catherine (Aja Naomi King) and sloppy socialite Birdie (Melissa Fumero) are garden club buddies dealing with separate personal issues, like dead pets, unfaithful spouses and child custody battles.
—Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Feb. 2025
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Lisa Respers France, CNN, 24 Mar. 2025
While Anthony, portrayed by Jharrel Jerome, faces his own challenges throughout the film, the matriarch of the movie also raises four children while dealing with an abusive and unfaithful husband, played by Bobby Cannavale.
—Elizabeth Stanton, Fox News, 3 Feb. 2025
Emmy has stood by Will's side throughout it all, especially because he's denied being unfaithful.
—Dave Quinn, People.com, 27 Feb. 2025
In the present day, Alice, Brett, perfectionistic realtor Catherine (Aja Naomi King) and sloppy socialite Birdie (Melissa Fumero) are garden club buddies dealing with separate personal issues, like dead pets, unfaithful spouses and child custody battles.
—Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unfaithful
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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
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The balloons provide critical data for computer models that forecasters use to predict the weather, raising the likelihood that projections will be more unreliable.—
Andrew Freedman,
CNN Money,
2 May 2025
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But times have changed, with tracking becoming more unreliable.—
Pamela McClintock,
HollywoodReporter,
29 Apr. 2025
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Now their weird discomfort with disease—and their outré views on cancer in particular—is being refracted through a sea of false, indecent speculations.—
Benjamin Mazer,
The Atlantic,
19 May 2025
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This discrepancy hindered the adoption of BI, which might further damage AI by generating models that are trained with false assumptions and generate erroneous predictions.—
Artyom Keydunov,
Forbes.com,
19 May 2025
Adjective
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In 2016, a record number of faithless votes were cast.—
Robert Alexander and Anna Dawley,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 Apr. 2025
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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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Loyalty-first governance Trump has intensified his efforts to reshape the government in his image, purging officials considered disloyal and politicizing civil service and national security roles.—
Mark K. Updegrove,
Time,
29 Apr. 2025
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America Great Again base as disloyal or insufficiently conservative.—
Ramsey Touchberry,
The Washington Examiner,
26 Apr. 2025
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The pine trees are towering and the fairways are twisting and the bunkers are deep and treacherous.—
Alex Zietlow,
Charlotte Observer,
15 May 2025
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Maybe the seemingly long haul on I-95 made treacherous by traffic congestion creates the Miami-Dade County and Broward County division among its residents.—
Michelle F. Solomon,
Miami Herald,
13 May 2025
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“Unfaithful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unfaithful. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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