undevout

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The law, it is said, is a jealous mistress, and permits no rivals; the indifferent, careless minister is but a blind leader of the blind, and the "undevout astronomer is mad."

From Thoughts on Educational Topics and Institutions by Boutwell, George S.

The character of modern thought would appear to a Greek returned to earth very sober, unsplendid, undevout, and intrusive.

From History of Modern Philosophy From Nicolas of Cusa to the Present Time by Falckenberg, Richard

But the Sabbath evening does not find the Jews undevout.

From The Strand Magazine, Volume XXVII, Issue 160, April, 1904 by Various

Still more than the undevout astronomer, the undevout child under such influences is abnormal.

From Youth: Its Education, Regimen, and Hygiene by Hall, G. Stanley

Is a very devout tyrant less tyrannical than an undevout tyrant?

From Good Sense by Holbach, Paul Henri Thiry, baron d'