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faithless.

Adjective
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MEANING

1. Failing to remain loyal or keep a promise or trust.

2. Not holding religious faith or confidence in a spiritual belief.

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  • faithless ally
  • faithless promise

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She would not plead with a faithless ally.

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faithless

Usage notes

Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: Comparative more faithless; superlative most faithless when comparison is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Commonness: moderately common.

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