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Unworldly

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Adjective

1. unworldly

not concerned with the temporal world or swayed by mundane considerations

Example Sentences:
'was unworldly and did not greatly miss worldly rewards'

2. unsophisticated, unworldly

not wise in the ways of the world

Example Sentences:
'either too unsophisticated or too honest to promise more than he could deliver'
'this helplessly unworldly woman'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Unworldly

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adjective
1. 
not concerned with material values or pursuits
2. 
lacking sophistication; naive
3. 
not of this earth or world

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Unworldly

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adjective
1. 
not of or limited to this world; unearthly
2. 
not concerned with the affairs, pleasures, etc. of this world
3. 
not worldly-wise; unsophisticated

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Unworldly

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adj. un·world·li·er, un·world·li·est
1. Having or showing little understanding of the ways of the world; naive or impractical: "an unworldly scholar, who ruined his eyesight and his health through the single-minded study of the details of Greek syntax" (Roy Harris).
2.
a. Not of this world; spiritual or supernatural: "ghosts and other unworldly forms of life" (Patrick Jones).
b. Suggestive of another world, as in being bizarre or eerie: "the unworldly jagged terrain of a recent lava flow" (Michael Crichton).

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