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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

Adam’s faithlessness can no longer be written off as cosmopolitan neurosis.

From New York Times • Oct. 3, 2019

“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

He started awake: he saw the light and knew her faithlessness, and without a word he fled from her.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton