unfaith

American  

[uhn-feyth] / ʌnˈfeɪθ /

noun

1. lack of faith, especially religious faith; unbelief.

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Etymology

Origin of unfaith

First recorded in 1400–50; Middle English unfeith; un- ¹ ( def. ) + faithful ( def. )

Example Sentences

“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

For many weeks after the coming of Roy she had hesitated, before she found courage to adventure farther into the misty region of his faith or unfaith, in things not seen.

From Far to Seek A Romance of England and India by Diver, Maud

Tausig was a child of the nineteenth century, full of its ideals, its aimless strivings, its restlessness, its unfaith and desperately sceptical tone.

From Franz Liszt by Huneker, James

It is the doctrine of pessimism, despair and wild unfaith in man.

From The Common Sense of Socialism A Series of Letters Addressed to Jonathan Edwards, of Pittsburg by Spargo, John

Related Words

• distrust
• incredulity
• mistrust