undevout

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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.

“An undevout astronomer is mad,” said one who had opened his mind to a broad grasp of the wonders which this upper heaven holds in its bosom. 

From A Walk from London to John O'Groat's by Burritt, Elihu

It may well enough be true that the designedly untruthful historian, like the undevout astronomer, is an anomaly, for inaccuracy comes not from purpose, but from neglect.

From Historical Essays by Rhodes, James Ford

Furthermore, admitting it to be an open question, neither proved nor disproved, but poised in equal uncertainty, still, it is not immoral nor undevout deeply to desire and fondly to hope a personal immortality.

From The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life by Alger, William Rounseville

Victor opened his eyes and glared at her with undevout opposition.

From In Blue Creek Cañon by Ray, Anna Chapin