unfaith
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of unfaith
First recorded in 1400–50; Middle English unfeith; un- 1 ( def. ) + faithful ( def. )
Example Sentences
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“Our interfaith voices, our unfaith voices, for the commonwealth that is our voice.”
From Washington Times • Mar. 1, 2018
But I can't quite make the leap of unfaith, as it were, and say, `This is it.
From Time Magazine Archive
There is a reticence which is of faith, just as there may be a reticence which is of cowardice or unfaith.
From In Answer to Prayer The Touch of the Unseen by Carpenter, W. Boyd
"It's an age of unfaith," replied the preacher.
From Judith of the Godless Valley by Morrow, Honoré
In spite of her unfaith, a sense of rest in a power larger than herself came upon her unawares.
From The Stolen Singer by Bellinger, Martha Idell Fletcher
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