"faithless" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Forms: more faithless [comparative], most faithless [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English feithles, equivalent to faith + -less. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|feithles}} Middle English feithles, {{suffix|en|faith|less}} faith + -less Head templates: {{en-adj}} faithless (comparative more faithless, superlative most faithless)
  1. Lacking faith; lacking belief in something.
    Sense id: en-faithless-en-adj-ddt6UpEl
  2. Not believing in God, religion, or a comparable ideology.
    Sense id: en-faithless-en-adj-FN0bxdyv Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -less Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 39 3 16 20 20 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -less: 8 42 6 13 19 13
  3. Unfaithful (said of people, towards their partners)
    Sense id: en-faithless-en-adj-50LMgioH
  4. Not observant of promises or covenants.
    Sense id: en-faithless-en-adj-oU8pRCLb
  5. Not true to allegiance, duty, or vows Synonyms: perfidious, treacherous, disloyal
    Sense id: en-faithless-en-adj-ieO1PXYJ
  6. Serving to disappoint or deceive Synonyms: delusive, unsatisfying
    Sense id: en-faithless-en-adj-v4y3cwq1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: faithless elector, faithlessly, faithlessness

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