Meanings
comparative more unchurched · superlative most unchurched · alternative unchurcht
- 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 241 more example
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 - Who has never attended church; who has not been exposed to the experience, culture, etc., of church.
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Germanic*un-
- Proto-West Germanic*un-
- Old Englishun-
- Middle Englishun-
- Englishun-
- Englishchurched
- Englishunchurched
Cite this entry
unchurched. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unchurched
“unchurched.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unchurched. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unchurched,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unchurched.
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