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faithless

faithless adjective: lacking faith; lacking belief in something.

Adjective

faithless (comparative more faithless, superlative most faithless)

  1. Lacking faith; lacking belief in something.
    • "You're so faithless about pills," he said, "that I'm not going to give you any."1970, Margaret Wade Campbell Deland, Old Chester Days, page 58
  2. Not believing in God, religion, or a comparable ideology.
  3. Unfaithful (said of people, towards their partners)
    • Menelaus, who fought to recover his faithless wife, has clearly rooted himself in Sparta for the remainder of his life […]1996, Frederick Ahl, Hanna Roisman, The Odyssey re-formed, page 283
  4. Not observant of promises or covenants.
  5. Not true to allegiance, duty, or vows
  6. Serving to disappoint or deceive

faithless meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Malayalam

faithless in Hindi

faithless, irreligious
बेईमान beīmān

faithless in Tamil

நம்பிக்கையற்ற, நம்பிக்கை இல்லாத

faithless in Urdu

faithless, irreligious
بے ایمان be-īmān

faithless in Malayalam

നാസ്തികനായ, ദൈവവിശ്വാസമില്ലാത്ത, ആത്മാർത്ഥതയില്ലാത്ത, വഞ്ചകമായ, വ്യാജമായ
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faithless in Sanskrit
असार asāra, रण्ड raṇḍa

Synonyms of faithless

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Forms of faithless

comparativemore faithless
superlativemost faithless

Origin of faithless

From Middle English feithles, equivalent to faith + -less.

Words formed from faithless

Phrases with faithless

Questions about faithless

What does faithless mean?
Faithless means lacking faith; lacking belief in something.
What is faithless in Hindi?
Faithless in Hindi is बेईमान (beīmān). See Faithless meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is faithless?
Faithless is an adjective.

Words near faithless in the dictionary

  1. faithiest
  2. faithing
  3. faithism
  4. faithist
  5. faithists
  6. faithless
  7. faithless elector
  8. faithless electors
  9. faithlessly
  10. faithlessness
  11. faithlessnesses

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: faithless (page history and authors); बेईमान (Hindi) (page history and authors); faithless (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); بے ایمان (Urdu) (page history and authors); faithless (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); असार (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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