Faithless
WordNet
adjective
(1) Having the character of, or characteristic of, a traitor
"The faithless Benedict Arnold"
"A lying traitorous insurrectionist"
WiktionaryText
Adjective
- Lacking faith; lacking belief in something.
- 1970, Margaret Wade Campbell Deland, Old Chester Days, p. 58:
- "You're so faithless about pills," he said, "that I'm not going to give you any."
- 1970, Margaret Wade Campbell Deland, Old Chester Days, p. 58:
- Not believing in God, religion, or a comparable ideology.
- Unfaithful; not of true fidelity; inconstant, as a husband or a wife.
- 1996, Frederick Ahl, Hanna Roisman, The Odyssey re-formed, p. 283:
- Menelaus, who fought to recover his faithless wife, has clearly rooted himself in Sparta for the remainder of his life...
- 1996, Frederick Ahl, Hanna Roisman, The Odyssey re-formed, p. 283:
- Not observant of promises or covenants.
- Not true to allegiance, duty, or vows; perfidious; treacherous; disloyal.
- Serving to disappoint or deceive; delusive; unsatisfying.