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a person who is always ready to doubt or question the truth or existence of something a hardheaded unbeliever who demanded to see concrete evidence of any alleged UFO activity

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Recent Examples of unbeliever No one ever converted an unbeliever with harshness, condemnation, and threats of hell. Sophia A. Nelson, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025 An app called Krishna, for example, has already advised killing unbelievers and supporting India's ruling party. 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
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skeptic
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  • Among the seven people Kennedy appointed as replacements are several like-minded vaccine skeptics and two persons with limited if any vaccine expertise.
    Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Ladapo, the DeSantis administration’s most frequent vocal skeptic of vaccines, wears numerous hats in Florida.
    Kirby Wilson, Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2025

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“Unbeliever.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unbeliever. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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