unfaithful

unfaithful
unfaithful mid-14c., "acting falsely," from UN- (Cf. un-) (1) "not" + FAITHFUL (Cf. faithful). In M.E. it also had a sense of "infidel, unbelieving, irreligious" (late 14c.). Sense of "not faithful in marriage" is attested from 1828.

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