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Recent Examples of unbelieving One day, the elusive Seth meets the equally alluring but totally living doctor Maggie (Meg Ryan), who is suspicious and unbelieving of the mystical wonders of this world. Nathan Smith, Vulture, 14 Feb. 2024 As punishment, God confines them to the desert for 40 years, until the unbelieving generation ... Madeleine Kearns, National Review, 10 Sep. 2023 He was told that unbelieving boys and girls in short dresses and naked arms met in these places and fell in love. The New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2022 Discipleship, ministry and mission all happened in homes as families lived out their faith in Jesus in the midst of an unbelieving world. The Rev. Bill Thomas, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 12 Dec. 2020 The story centers on two scientists who, upon discovering that a meteor will strike the Earth in six months, go on a media tour to try to warn the world but find an unreceptive and unbelieving populace. Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Feb. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unbelieving
Adjective
  • Gurrola’s parents were skeptical at first, but the store’s Dubai chocolate strawberry cups have sold well.
    Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 15 Sep. 2025
  • The move, however, would need a constitutional amendment approved by 60 percent of voters—and some experts are skeptical of how the state's local governments would manage without property taxes.
    Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Robinson's parents became suspicious after seeing surveillance footage published by law enforcement.
    Joshua Rhett Miller Jesus Mesa Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Mutch gained his freedom in 2016, avoiding legal trouble until last May, when a cybertip about suspicious downloads led Solano County Sheriff’s investigators to his home, according to court records.
    Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 16 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Employers increasingly wonder whether campuses are cultivating independent thinkers or just cautious followers.
    Sarah Hernholm, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • The sum dwarfs most acquisitions this year — and marks TIFF’s first eight-figure deal in several editions — underlining the resilience of genre cinema at a time when studios and streamers alike are cautious.
    Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 16 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Out of towners may be incredulous about Charlotte’s Chinese food scene, but tens of thousands of Asian Charlotteans know where to go — they just might be tightlipped about it.
    Shindy Chen, Charlotte Observer, 5 Sep. 2025
  • After the Yankees held on to win 8-4, Trammell was incredulous that his integrity was called into question.
    Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Sep. 2025

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“Unbelieving.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unbelieving. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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