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unworldly

/ˈʌnˌwʌrl(d)li/
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Definitions of unworldly
  1. adjective
    not wise in the ways of the world
    “"this helplessly unworldly woman"- Kate O'Brien”
    synonyms: unsophisticated
    naif, naive
    marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience
  2. adjective
    not concerned with the temporal world or swayed by mundane considerations
    “"was unworldly and did not greatly miss worldly rewards"- Sheldon Cheney”
    synonyms:
    pious
    having or showing or expressing reverence for a deity
    naif, naive
    marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience
    anchoritic, eremitic, eremitical, hermitic, hermitical
    characterized by ascetic solitude
    cloistered, cloistral, conventual, monastic, monastical
    of communal life sequestered from the world under religious vows
    spiritual, unearthly
    concerned with or affecting the spirit or soul
    unmercenary
    not mercenary; not influenced by financial gains
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    antonyms:
    worldly
    characteristic of or devoted to the temporal world as opposed to the spiritual world
    earthly
    of or belonging to or characteristic of this earth as distinguished from heaven
    profane, secular
    not concerned with or devoted to religion
    sophisticated
    having or appealing to those having worldly knowledge and refinement and savoir-faire
    economic
    concerned with worldly necessities of life (especially money)
    material
    concerned with worldly rather than spiritual interests
    materialistic, mercenary, worldly-minded
    marked by materialism
    mundane, terrestrial
    concerned with the world or worldly matters
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