Hypertext Webster Gateway: "unfaithful"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Unfaithful \Un*faith"ful\, a.
1. Not faithful; not observant of promises, vows, allegiance,
or duty; violating trust or confidence; treacherous;
perfidious; as, an unfaithful subject; an unfaithful agent
or servant.
My feet, through wine, unfaithful to their weight.
--Pope.
His honor rooted in dishonor stood, And faith
unfaithful kept him falsely true. --Tennyson.
2. Not possessing faith; infidel. [R.] --Milton. --
{Un*faith"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Un*faith"ful*ness}, n.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
unfaithful
adj 1: not true to duty or obligation or promises; "an unfaithful
lover" [ant: {faithful}]
2: having sexual relations with someone other than your husband
or wife, or your boyfriend or girlfriend; "her husband was
unfaithful" [ant: {faithful}]
3: deliberately and abominably disloyal or likely to betray
trust or confidence; "the faithless Benedict Arnold"; "a
lying traitorous insurrectionist" [syn: {faithless}, {traitorous}]
4: not trustworthy; "an unfaithful reproduction"
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