Definitions for unbelievingˌʌn bɪˈli vɪŋ

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

un•be•liev•ingˌʌn bɪˈli vɪŋ(adj.)

  1. not believing; skeptical.

  2. not accepting any, or some particular, religious belief; nonbelieving.

Origin of unbelieving:

1350–1400

un`be•liev′ing•ness(n.)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. atheistic, atheistical, unbelieving(adj)

    rejecting any belief in gods

  2. nescient, unbelieving(adj)

    holding that only material phenomena can be known and knowledge of spiritual matters or ultimate causes is impossible

  3. disbelieving, skeptical, sceptical, unbelieving(adj)

    denying or questioning the tenets of especially a religion

    "a skeptical approach to the nature of miracles"

Wiktionary

  1. unbelieving(Adjective)

    That does not believe; incredulous, skeptical

Webster Dictionary

  1. Unbelieving(adj)

    not believing; incredulous; doubting; distrusting; skeptical

  2. Unbelieving(adj)

    believing the thing alleged no to be true; disbelieving; especially, believing that Bible is not a divine revelation, or that Christ was not a divine or a supernatural person


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