An adjective for betray

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McKinney
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An adjective for betray

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The verb is betray, the noun is betrayal and betrayer but I can't find an adjective. Is there not an adjective and are there other verbs without an adjective.

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Re: An adjective for betray

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McKinney wrote: Mon Feb 03, 2020 5:40 pm The verb is betray, the noun is betrayal and betrayer but I can't find an adjective. Is there not an adjective and are there other verbs without an adjective.

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Usually the past participle and present participle of a verb may be used as an adjective in certain contexts:
betrayed
betraying

Also consider betrayable: able to be betrayed

And of course unbetrayed, unbetraying and unbetrayable.
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