unbeliever
noun
un·be·liev·er
ˌən-bə-ˈlē-vər 
Examples of unbeliever in a Sentence
a hardheaded unbeliever who demanded to see concrete evidence of any alleged UFO activity
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An app called Krishna, for example, has already advised killing unbelievers and supporting India's ruling party.
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Scott Shapiro, WIRED, 8 Jan. 2024
To have reservations about something that is treated as sacrosanct is to be an unbeliever, or worse, a heretic, and thus someone to be cast out.
—Ian Buruma, Harper's Magazine, 2 June 2023
As director of Number 10’s in-house think-tank, the Policy Unit, the unbeliever in question has hitherto been an obscure figure in Boris Johnson’s high command, albeit an important one.
—The Economist, 27 June 2020
For me, this person is always an unbeliever and the strain of making him see is considerable.
—Stephen Mirarchi, National Review, 28 Dec. 2019
The isolated world of Appalachian snake handlers is the setting for this drama about a pastor’s daughter who falls in love with an unbeliever.
—Cary Darling |, Houston Chronicle, 8 Aug. 2019
The philosophe wondered what was left to unbelievers in the way of ethical guidelines.
—Dan Hofstadter, WSJ, 15 Feb. 2019
Decree defeat, humiliation and unbelief to the unbelievers.
—Adam Nossiter, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2018
Melnik was a mocker and an unbeliever, a lecher, a contrary creature.
—Ben Taub, The New Yorker, 30 Apr. 2018
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Scott Shapiro, WIRED, 8 Jan. 2024
To have reservations about something that is treated as sacrosanct is to be an unbeliever, or worse, a heretic, and thus someone to be cast out.
—Ian Buruma, Harper's Magazine, 2 June 2023
As director of Number 10’s in-house think-tank, the Policy Unit, the unbeliever in question has hitherto been an obscure figure in Boris Johnson’s high command, albeit an important one.
—The Economist, 27 June 2020
For me, this person is always an unbeliever and the strain of making him see is considerable.
—Stephen Mirarchi, National Review, 28 Dec. 2019
The isolated world of Appalachian snake handlers is the setting for this drama about a pastor’s daughter who falls in love with an unbeliever.
—Cary Darling |, Houston Chronicle, 8 Aug. 2019
The philosophe wondered what was left to unbelievers in the way of ethical guidelines.
—Dan Hofstadter, WSJ, 15 Feb. 2019
Decree defeat, humiliation and unbelief to the unbelievers.
—Adam Nossiter, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2018
Melnik was a mocker and an unbeliever, a lecher, a contrary creature.
—Ben Taub, The New Yorker, 30 Apr. 2018
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“Unbeliever.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unbeliever. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.
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unbeliever
noun
un·be·liev·er
ˌən-bə-ˈlē-vər
1
: one who does not believe in a particular religious faith : infidel
2
: one who does not believe : doubter
unbelieving
adjective
-ˈlē-viŋ
unbelievingly
adverb
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