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unsaved

2 9.1
A person who does not accept religious forgiveness and may face punishment after death
  • adjective
  • /ʌnˈseɪvd/
translation icon : no salvado
  • The book is not for the unsaved; it is for the saved.
  • unsaved soul

Examples

  • Punishment was promised not only to the "unsaved," but to those whose God did not closely resemble our Christian God as well.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • I pray when I'm looking for a job and pray for the unsaved daily.

    Blog text (1)
  • The 'board in the eye' could really be an unsaved religious person who thinks he is a Christian judging someone who is a Christian.

    Blog text (22)
  • Yes, grateful: I could have come to the end of my life unsaved, still screaming in the dark, afraid.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • Both Chad and April were very blessed by how concerned she was over the unsaved state of her family.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • Start praying; pray for Israel, pray for America, pray for your unsaved loved ones; just pray and fast.

    Blog text (34)
  • The carnival beyond the open windows served to remind the holy of their debt to Methodism, and the unsaved of their need for salvation.

    Academic text (1994)
  • Following God would mean they would need to forsake sin, but the unsaved don't want that.

    Blog text (16)
  • Determined fundamentalist proselytizers view the schools as a "mission field" brimming with the "unsaved."

    Academic text (2010)
  • Many believe that the unsaved will face judgment after death.

Synonyms

lost
vsunsaved
7 5.3

With no hope of being saved or helped

focuses specifically on spiritual danger of eternal punishment
doomed
vsunsaved
7 4.9

Certain to have a bad end, like failure or destruction

is focused on religious salvation threat rather than general fated ruin
unredeemed
vsunsaved
  • Literature
1 9.2

Not saved from sin and in danger of being punished forever

shares the same religious sense without difference
unabsolved
vsunsaved
1 9.6

Not forgiven and still feeling guilty

relates to salvation status rather than just forgiveness
unshriven
vsunsaved
  • Archaic
9.9

A person who dies without having their sins forgiven

concerns overall salvation risk rather than ritual forgiveness timing

Antonyms

saved
  • Formal
5.1

People who believe they are rescued from sin and its punishment

How Saved

glorified
1 6.7
sanctified
  • Formal
7.4
redeemed
  • Formal
7.5
saved
  • Formal
5.1
unsaved
2 9.1

Surface Forms

unsaved positive

Morphology

unsaved = saved (semi-transparent) = un + save + ed

The form 'un-' + 'saved' is clear, but the specialized religious sense ('in danger of eternal punishment') requires specific theological knowledge and may not be derivable by all learners.

Etymology

Unsaved is made of un- meaning 'not' and saved, from save which means 'to keep safe' or 'to rescue'. So in a religious sense unsaved describes someone not 'rescued' by faith and still in spiritual danger.