godless

adjective

god·​less ˈgäd-ləs How to pronounce godless (audio)
 also  ˈgȯd-
: not acknowledging a deity or divine law
godlessness noun

Examples of godless in a Sentence

treated the God-fearing and the godless with equal respect and compassion
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Compared with the heavenly bliss promised at the end of Revelation, Byron’s godless planet was bleak stuff indeed. Jennifer Szalai, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2025 The personal abjection in McGahern’s novels is best understood as an allegory of social despair, which is in turn allegorical of a godless existence. Sam Sacks, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025 Clearly the most godless Man of God Garfield has played — the one-two of playing a televangelist here and a Mormon cop in Under the Banner of Heaven makes for a religious diptych that’s uniquely American. tick, tick … BOOM! Rory Doherty, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2024 His notoriously pornographic breakthrough novel, The Elementary Particles, trafficked in masturbation, flashing, orgies, and child rape but really amounted to a diatribe against a godless materialism. Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 24 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for godless 

Word History

First Known Use

1528, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of godless was in 1528

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“Godless.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/godless. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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godless

adjective
god·​less ˈgäd-ləs How to pronounce godless (audio)
 also  ˈgȯd-
: not believing in God or a god
godlessness noun

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