unfaithful

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

UNFA'ITHFUL, adjective 1. Not observant of promises, vows, allegiance or duty; violating trust or confidence; treacherous; perfidious; as an unfaithful subject; an unfaithful husband or wife; an unfaithful servant; an unfaithful bailee or agent. 2. Not performing the proper duty. My feet through wine unfaithful to their weight - 3. Impious; infidel. 4. Negligent of duty; as an unfaithful workman.
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