unfaithful

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. adjective not true to duty or obligation or promises
  2. adjective having sexual relations with someone other than your husband or wife, or your boyfriend or girlfriend
  3. adjective having the character of, or characteristic of, a traitor

Etymology

From Middle English unfeithful, equivalent to un- + faithful.

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