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Not believing; not giving credit.

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  1. a. Not believing; not giving credit.
  2. a. Not believing on God or religion; specifically, not believing in the Christian religion.
  3. a. Not observant of promises or covenants.
  4. a. Not true to allegiance, duty, or vows; perfidious; trecherous; disloyal; not of true fidelity; inconstant, as a husband or a wife.
  5. a. Serving to disappoint or deceive; delusive; unsatisfying.
  6. adj. having the character of, or characteristic of, a traitor
  7. 1. Not believing; not giving credit. Be not faithless, but believing. John xx. 27. 2. Not believing on God or religion; specifically, not believing in the Christian religion. Shak. 3. Not observant of promises or covenants. 4. Not true to allegiance, duty, or vows; perfidious; trecherous; disloyal; not of true fidelity; inconstant, as a husband or a wife. A most unnatural and faithless service. Shak. 5. Serving to disappoint or deceive; delusive; unsatisfying. "Yonder faithless phantom." Goldsmith. -- Faith"less*ly, adv.Faith"less*ness, n.
  8. j:100 s. having the character of, or characteristic of, a traitor