undevout

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"An undevout astronomer is mad" was one of his favorite quotations.

From Maria Mitchell: Life, Letters, and Journals by Mitchell, Maria

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

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

The result, so far as concerts the workman's life of faith, is a proclivity to undevout scepticism.

From Theory of the Leisure Class by Veblen, Thorstein

Some undevout friends have rested satisfied with the belief that it was only a coincidence or an accidental repetition of a natural phenomenon.

From Health, Healing, and Faith by Conwell, Russell H.

On the south of the common, near the station, stood a red-brick building called the Moot Hall, which was a kind of church for the very undevout population.

From Mr. Standfast by Buchan, John