have no faith
idiom
: to believe that (someone or something) does not deserve to be trusted
I have no faith in politicians.
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The lawsuit notes that Texas has nearly 6 million students in about 9,100 public schools, including thousands of students of faiths that have little or no connection to the Ten Commandments, or may have no faith at all.
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Jim Vertuno, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2025
Still, despite the verbal agreement on the limited ceasefire by Putin, Ukrainians near the front line appear to have no faith in his word.
—Richard Engel, NBC News, 19 Mar. 2025
Many Palestinians in the West Bank have no faith that their government, the Palestinian Authority, will do anything concrete to address this crisis, both Ataya and Amani Zeita said.
—Jaclyn Diaz, NPR, 10 Apr. 2024
But many along the northern border have no faith in Netanyahu, who told Israelis for years that Hamas was contained in Gaza.
—Shira Rubin, Washington Post, 5 Jan. 2024
Others oppose the death penalty on principle, have no faith in the tribunal system, or have become resigned to the idea that, because the defendants were tortured by C.I.A., capital punishment is unlikely.
—Carol Rosenberg, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2023
But the surging popularity of run philosophy -- and the journeys taken to the US by Wang and others -- is an outright rejection of that narrative, which showsmany Chinese have no faith in Xi's promise to make China great again.
—Yong Xiong, Selina Wang and Nectar Gan, CNN, 17 Aug. 2022
People have no faith in democracy anymore.
—NBC News, 2 Jan. 2022
Many people and many strata are in fear and have no faith in the future.
—Katie Wadington, USA TODAY, 15 Aug. 2021
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Jim Vertuno, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2025
Still, despite the verbal agreement on the limited ceasefire by Putin, Ukrainians near the front line appear to have no faith in his word.
—Richard Engel, NBC News, 19 Mar. 2025
Many Palestinians in the West Bank have no faith that their government, the Palestinian Authority, will do anything concrete to address this crisis, both Ataya and Amani Zeita said.
—Jaclyn Diaz, NPR, 10 Apr. 2024
But many along the northern border have no faith in Netanyahu, who told Israelis for years that Hamas was contained in Gaza.
—Shira Rubin, Washington Post, 5 Jan. 2024
Others oppose the death penalty on principle, have no faith in the tribunal system, or have become resigned to the idea that, because the defendants were tortured by C.I.A., capital punishment is unlikely.
—Carol Rosenberg, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2023
But the surging popularity of run philosophy -- and the journeys taken to the US by Wang and others -- is an outright rejection of that narrative, which showsmany Chinese have no faith in Xi's promise to make China great again.
—Yong Xiong, Selina Wang and Nectar Gan, CNN, 17 Aug. 2022
People have no faith in democracy anymore.
—NBC News, 2 Jan. 2022
Many people and many strata are in fear and have no faith in the future.
—Katie Wadington, USA TODAY, 15 Aug. 2021
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“Have no faith.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/have%20no%20faith. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.
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