unfaithful
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4.2
- adjective
- /ʌnˈfeɪθfəl/
:
poco fiel
- Aquinas rejected this idea both as untrue in itself and as unfaithful to the mind of Aristotle (Summa Theologiae 1, q. 76, a. 2).
Examples
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Her voice climbs the scales up and then down during "Talk That Talk;" she performs something resembling a rain dance for "Unfaithful."
Blog text (9) -
But illegitimate offspring are often exceedingly unfaithful to their origins.
Fiction book (1996) -
Good teaching starts with what students already know; but it is carried out in a way that becomes more than necessarily unfaithful to the original.
Academic text (1995) -
It's fortunate that the unfaithful act didn't really happen.
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In his preface to the biography, he explained that it would be unfaithful to Carlyle to exhibit only "the fair and beautiful side" of his own and his wife's letters.
Academic text (2001) -
One of the more disturbing interrogations on this list is Richard Gere's lacerating verbal thrashing of Diane Lane in Unfaithful.
Blog text (26) -
I agree with Mann that this insistence on strict comparability is unfaithful to our experience of moral choice, which confronts us with the unhappy fact that some good things must be given up in order to possess others.
Academic text (1998) -
Even more disturbing than his unfaithful rendering of the American Indian's speech, however, is his implicit suggestion that the native woman's actions are sanctioned by her people.
Academic text (1998) -
Lincoln's reported conclusion about Hackett probably tells us what he considered to be the heart of the problem: "Hackett's lack of information impressed me with a doubt as to whether he had ever studied Shakespeare's text, or had not been content with the acting edition of his plays." Theater professionals paid little attention to the authentic texts and therefore were indifferent to complaints about the unfaithful acting editions.
Academic text (2012) -
He was unfaithful to his promises, often choosing to put his own needs first.
Synonyms
128
2.5
Likely to lie or cheat to get something for yourself
89
2.9
Not loyal and betrays people who trust them
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5.0
Acting in a dishonest way to make people believe something untrue
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4.8
Not honest or reliable with promises
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5.6
Not loyal and likely to betray people who trust them
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9.1
Saying things that are not true
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6.6
Not real and not what it looks like
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4.8
Not honest and likely to tell lies
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3.4
Not loyal to a person you trust
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9.2
Likely to betray someone's trust by lying or cheating
Not safe to depend on because they may fail or betray you
Not honest and likely to say things that are not true
Antonyms
How Accurate
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Unfaithful is formed from un- 'not' and faith 'trust' or 'loyalty', and faithful can mean 'true to the original'. So an unfaithful adaptation or copy is one that is not true to the original work.