Definition of unbaptizednext

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Recent Examples of unbaptized To the left of Bernard are Hebrew children; to the right are the Christian children who were baptized (the unbaptized being in Limbo). Mary Jo Bang july 9, Literary Hub, 9 July 2025 Researchers think the bodies likely belonged to unbaptized children. Moira Ritter, Miami Herald, 21 Feb. 2024 Because the Catholic Church promulgated the belief that a child who died unbaptized could not be buried in consecrated ground, lay people desperate for their children to be properly laid to rest would find their own sites of significance. NBC News, 8 Apr. 2021 Duendes, a type of gnome that has long been featured in regional Catholic lore, are said to haunt, and even steal, unbaptized babies. Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Mar. 2018
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Adjective
  • Attorneys representing the 26 unnamed workers said in a legal complaint filed in the United States Northern District Court of California that the plaintiffs were among the 10% of Meta's workforce cut in the company's May layoff round.
    Jonathan Vanian, CNBC, 14 July 2026
  • The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced over the weekend that the unnamed patient works for a humanitarian aid organization and tested positive for the Bundibugyo virus, the strain of Ebola that is behind the DRC's outbreak.
    Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 13 July 2026
Adjective
  • Hiddleston relies on professors, scholars, archaeologists and psychologists to piece together what happened to a teenage blacksmith apprentice, a businesswoman/bathhouse proprietor and an unidentified Praetorian guard.
    Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 16 July 2026
  • One of the victims, still unidentified, succumbed to his injuries at the hospital, police said.
    Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 14 July 2026
Adjective
  • As a result, Messi was as anonymous as the thousands wearing his No 10.
    James Horncastle, New York Times, 20 July 2026
  • Investigators were also able to identify the anonymous tipster and murder suspect as Popps, a 54-year-old Michigan resident.
    Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 19 July 2026

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“Unbaptized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unbaptized. Accessed 20 Jul. 2026.

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