unchurched

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UK/ʌnˈt͡ʃɜːt͡ʃt/US/ʌnˈt͡ʃɝt͡ʃt/

adjective

Who does not generally attend church.

UncommonScrabble 21

Meanings

adjectiveunchurched (comparative more unchurched, superlative most unchurched)

comparative more unchurched · superlative most unchurched · alternative unchurcht

  1. Who does not generally attend church.

    […] create a composite profile of the typical unchurched person your church wants to reach.

    2004 April 11, Rob Walker, quoting Rick Warren, “Godly Synergy”, in The New York Times Magazine, page 24
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    Fewer young people may be interested in the Church, but the Church is definitely still interested in them. That’s how young, unchurched activists may inadvertently end up leading not only political change, but also change within the Church itself.

    2016 March 22, Emma Green, “Where Is the Church in the Black Lives Matter Movement?”, in The Atlantic
  2. Who has never attended church; who has not been exposed to the experience, culture, etc., of church.

Synonyms & antonyms

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Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Englishchurched
  9. Englishunchurched

From un- + churched.

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APA

unchurched. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unchurched

MLA

“unchurched.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unchurched. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unchurched,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unchurched.

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