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# unfaithful

adjective (unfaithful)

«unfaithful» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Unfaithful means not loyal; breaking a promise or letting down someone who trusted you. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unfaithful/#m1)
2. A husband, wife or partner is called unfaithful when they secretly start a love relationship with someone else, which breaks their promise to each other. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unfaithful/#m2)
3. (formal) An unfaithful copy or translation does not match the original exactly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unfaithful/#m3)

### In the lessons

In stories, the Bible and old tales it marks betrayal: an unfaithful servant, an unfaithful friend. In family life seen by a child, it can be a reason why grown-ups split up; it is a grown-up matter and never the child's fault. In church talk: the Bible praises faithfulness and calls breaking promises to God unfaithful.

### Examples

- The unfaithful servant ran off with his master's money. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unfaithful/#x1)
- The king's unfaithful advisor sold secrets to the enemy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unfaithful/#x2)
- In the parable, the unfaithful worker hid his money instead of using it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unfaithful/#x3)
- Their parents split up because one of them had been unfaithful. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unfaithful/#x4)
- The film was an unfaithful version of the book – it changed the ending. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unfaithful/#x5)
- A dog is never unfaithful to its owner. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unfaithful/#x6)
- I will not be unfaithful to my father's vow. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unfaithful/#x7)

### Note

Opposite: «faithful». The noun is «unfaithfulness» or «infidelity». When grown-ups split up, it is never the children's fault.

## In Jewish tradition

Proverbs says trusting a disloyal person in trouble is as useless and painful as a broken tooth.

**Interpretation.** It is read as a warning to be careful whom we trust, and to be a loyal friend ourselves.

### Examples

- Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint. (Writings PRO.25.19, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/unfaithful/#x1)

### Note

Opposite: «faithful». The noun is «unfaithfulness» or «infidelity». When grown-ups split up, it is never the children's fault.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «unfaithful» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unfaithful/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«unfaithful» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/unfaithful.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «unfaithful» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/unfaithful/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«unfaithful» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/unfaithful.html) on Mova free.