Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unfaithful

/ənfˈeɪθfəl/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.07 in modern English

Syllables: un-faith-ful
IPA: /ənfˈeɪθfəl/

19

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not having religious faith.

adj

Not keeping good faith; disloyal; not faithful.

adj

adj

Not honest or upright.

adj

Negligent or imperfect.

adj

Not faithfully rendering the meaning of the source language; incorrect.

Example Sentences

"French Gates has said that many things contributed to her decision to divorce Bill in 2021 after 27 years of marriage, among them that he was unfaithful to her and that he maintained contact with Epstein, despite her objections."
"The painting was an unfaithful rendering of its subject."

Etymology

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

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Prefix: un
Root: unfeithful

Inflected Forms

more unfaithful (comparative) most unfaithful (superlative)

Derived Forms

unfaithfully unfaithfulness

Synonyms

faithless nonfaithful unleal booky dastardly disleal disloyal double-crossing double-dealing double-faced double-hearted doublehearted

Rhymes With

faithful

Questions

How do you pronounce unfaithful?: The recorded pronunciation is /ənfˈeɪθfəl/.
What does unfaithful mean?: Not having religious faith.
Where does unfaithful come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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