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faithlessness

  • a word derived from faithless.
    faithless
    adjective
    not adhering to allegiance, promises, vows, or duty.

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Mr. Scorsese, who was also married, became positively irate about Ms. Minnelli’s faithlessness.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 6, 2026

Yet even when they accused each other of faithlessness, breaking up was not an option.

From New York Times Mar. 6, 2023

“A poverty state of mind, an increasing hopelessness and faithlessness, dooms you to a future of increasing economic despair.”

From Washington Post Jan. 12, 2018

That gap-toothed flirt Jos Tufton wanted Mrs. Patmore for her cooking, but the happiest moment of the night came when Mrs. Hughes clued her in to his faithlessness, thus supplying an excuse to refuse him.

From Slate Feb. 18, 2013

This absurd story was viewed as proof of Carvajal's untrustworthiness and Orellana’s faithlessness.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

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