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unbelieving

ˌənbəˈlivɪŋ
WordNet
The Church as a ship where the believers are safe and they conquer the unbelievers.
The Church as a ship where the believers are safe and they conquer the unbelievers.
  1. (adj) unbelieving
    denying or questioning the tenets of especially a religion "a skeptical approach to the nature of miracles"
  2. (adj) unbelieving
    holding that only material phenomena can be known and knowledge of spiritual matters or ultimate causes is impossible
  3. (adj) unbelieving
    rejecting any belief in gods
Illustrations
Sheet with 8 depictions of foolish and unbelievable events. Below each picture a four-line verse.
Sheet with 8 depictions of foolish and unbelievable events. Below each picture a four-line verse.
Soldiers docked with their ship storm a castle. In their way they kill unbelievers with their swords. In the foreground a shield on which the Turkish crescent moon.
Soldiers docked with their ship storm a castle. In their way they kill unbelievers with their swords. In the foreground a shield on which the Turkish crescent moon.
Christ wants to explain his teaching to a group of unbelievers. They get angry and throw stones at Christ.
Christ wants to explain his teaching to a group of unbelievers. They get angry and throw stones at Christ.
Stoneware jug on base with a spherical body and narrow neck. The C-shaped ear is attached to the neck and shoulder. Profile and turning rings on the neck. The belly with three printed and superimposed medallions with Christ and the unbelieving Thomas in relief. At the bottom of the medallion the inscription 'IOHANNIS XX'. Siegburg.
Jar with Christ and the unbelieving Thomas
The unbelieving Tomas. Standing among the disciples, Thomas sticks his finger into the wound in Christ's side.
The unbelieving Tomas. Standing among the disciples, Thomas sticks his finger into the wound in Christ's side.
The unbelieving Tomas. Christ stands in the midst of His disciples. Thomas feels with his finger in the wound in Christ's side. On the right, an old disciple with glasses on his nose is watching closely, on the left two other students.
The unbelieving Tomas. Christ stands in the midst of His disciples. Thomas feels with his finger in the wound in Christ's side. On the right, an old disciple with glasses on his nose is watching closely, on the left two other students.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
  1. Unbelieving
    Believing that the thing alleged is not true; disbelieving; especially, believing that the Bible is not a divine revelation, or that Christ was not a divine or a supernatural person. "Unbelieving Jews."
  2. Unbelieving
    Not believing; incredulous; doubting; distrusting; skeptical.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  1. unbelieving
    Not believing; incredulous; skeptical; doubting.
  2. unbelieving
    Infidel; discrediting divine revelation, or the mission, character, and doctrines of Christ: as, “the unbelieving Jews,”
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
  1. (adj) Unbelieving
    not believing, esp. divine revelation
Quotations
I never cease being dumbfounded by the unbelievable things people believe.
Leo Rosten
Desiderius Erasmus
They take unbelievable pleasure in the hideous blast of the hunting horn and baying of the hounds. Dogs dung smells sweet as cinnamon to them.
Desiderius Erasmus
John Ruskin
People are eternally divided into two classes, the believer, builder, and praiser, and the unbeliever, destroyer and critic.
John Ruskin
Marcus T. Cicero
Nothing is so unbelievable that oratory cannot make it acceptable.
Marcus T. Cicero
Rene Descartes
There is nothing so strange and so unbelievable that it has not been said by one philosopher or another.
Rene Descartes
Usage in the news

"This is unbelievable I've got to deal with this.". ashingtonpost.com

Olivia Lett , Illinois Wesleyan women's basketball: National title is 'unbelievable'. hollandsentinel.com

Or maybe it's just that its time is actually, unbelievably, here. goerie.com

Al Franken's Online Ad Buys Earned an Unbelievable Return on Investment. campaignsandelections.com

Unbelievable Leap Caught on Video. flyrodreel.com

It is not necessarily unbelievable when they do so over groceries and dirty countertops. nj.com

They are unbelievably skilled pilots and its amazing to watch them work. katu.com

The past year and a half has been unbelievably hard for Lon Bickham. suffolknewsherald.com

With the Optiplex 990 SFF (small form factor), Dell packs tremendous power into an unbelievably compact yet versatile cabinet. crn.com

Yes, Sherri, it truly is unbelievable the way so many young people behave these days. blog.syracuse.com

Joe Mazuryk, playing an unbelievable line, won the NBA Christmas Eve Riverfront Agency Classic yesterday at Sunset Recreation. blog.timesunion.com

Cal faces 'unbelievably impressive' Ducks. espn.go.com

" Congratulations on a gold medal, unbelievable performances," Hardwick said. nbcsandiego.com

The forecast for Friday is unbelievable. bkr.com

Marine Corporal Watson and his family get an unbelievable home rescue in Compton. nbcsandiego.com

Usage in scientific papers

However, since the two particles in this experiment are emitted in an unentangled state, the results obtained maybe seem unbelievable.
On the Experimental Incompatibility Between Standard and Bohmian Quantum Mechanics

However, this solution has the fatal flaw that it does not satisfy the equation of continuity: If one were to estimate the mass flux from the irradiated to the shadowed side by this formula, he would come to the unbelievable conclusion of no mass flux across the shadow boundary because the velocity there is zero.
Enhanced mass transfer during dwarf nova outbursts by irradiation of the secondary?

Although there is α . 63o as discussed in section 2, the angle should not be too small, or it would give too wide radio beams (Fig.1), which must be emitted from unbelievably high distances near the light cylinder.
Possible evidence for the pulsed X-ray emission from outer gap in PSR B1937+21?

This results in a severe fine-tuning problem of order 1055 , since the virtual quantum fluctuations giving rise to λvac must cancel λ0 to an unbelievable degree of accuracy.
Satellite E\"otv\"os Test of the Weak Equivalence Principle for Zero-Point Vacuum Energy

Because the Lorentz-Dirac equation has so many unbelievable consequences, many authors have proposed replacements for it. F.
Comment on Phys. Rev. D 60 084017 "Classical self-force" by F. Rohrlich

Usage in literature

Instantly there was an almost unbelievable transformation in Maggie. "Children of the Whirlwind" by Leroy Scott

This seems unbelievable; but Leonard assures me it is true. "Theodore Roosevelt" by Theodore Roosevelt

But every man of them believes he will go to heaven if he kills an unbeliever. "Captain Brassbound's Conversion" by George Bernard Shaw

It makes me an unbeliever in the social charities. "For the Term of His Natural Life" by Marcus Clarke

Nay, do not smile in that unbelieving fashion. "The Suitors of Yvonne" by Raphael Sabatini

Unbelievers shall be fought with every weapon. "Old Fritz and the New Era" by Louise Muhlbach

He was looking rather desperate and rather unbelieving. "Merton of the Movies" by Harry Leon Wilson

Unbelieving, I rubbed my eyes; then leaped to the very brim of the bowl. "The Metal Monster" by A. Merritt

Why should I carp, that the world calls them unbelievers? "Frederick The Great and His Family" by L. Muhlbach

We have resisted unbelievers, we have fought our own doubts and betrayals, give us now a Sign! "The Captives" by Hugh Walpole

Usage in poetry
"Smile not, fair unbeliever!
One man, at least, I know,
Who might wear the crest of Bayard
Or Sydney's plume of snow.
Fierce and unbelieving foes
But their bodies could destroy;
Short, though bitter were their woes,
Everlasting is their joy.
Yet we were what we were,
And, fashioned so,
It pleases us to stare
At the far show
Of unbelievable years and shapes that flit,
In our own likeness, on the edge of it.
Two sorts alone of men, on earth, are known,
The unbelievers, and the faithful train —
The former to perdition, shall be thrown,
The latter shall in endless bliss remain.
Ah, misery! what were then my lot
Amongst a race of unbelievers
Sordid men who all declare
That earthly gain alone is fair,
And they who pore on bardic lore
Deceived deceivers.
On the far horizon waved some flicker of light
far from the eye, a precursor to some morning
Some song, some scent, some unbelievably pretty face
went by unknowingly, carrying a distressful hope