[
UK
/ʌnwˈɜːldli/
]
ADJECTIVE
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not concerned with the temporal world or swayed by mundane considerations
was unworldly and did not greatly miss worldly rewards -
not wise in the ways of the world
this helplessly unworldly woman
either too unsophisticated or too honest to promise more than he could deliver
How To Use unworldly In A Sentence
- Thunder rattled the windows and lightning gave an eerie and unworldly light to halls.
- With a single drawn-out look of longing, Cserhalmi conveys an unworldly tenderness with his deeply penetrating eyes.
- For some reason now obscure to him, he'd thought it an impractical study, suited only to unworldly dreamers. THE CURSE OF CHALION
- There is also a homely, unworldly duo, Mitch and Mickey, played by Catherine O'Hara and Levy: a pair deeply traumatised by their unspoken, unconsummated love for each other.
- What came out of their mouths were words to the effect that ‘white trash’ referred to those white individuals who were stupid, unsophisticated, ignorant, poor, and perhaps unworldly.
- Far from the stereotypical businessman exploiting unworldly people, he had a refined appreciation for both silk production and the Thai way of life.
- His eldest son is a simple, unworldly soldier, who has lived most of his life in India.
- She nodded seriously over her serviceable, unworldly brown collarette. Missy
- Donald was ingenuous and unworldly.
- I lack the patience to carefully examine a fan coral for pygmy seahorses no bigger than my little fingernail, but there's enough of the big and dramatic to keep me astonished: the orb-like shimmering jellyfish, the wrasses, turtles and mantas, the epaulette sharks that "walk" on their fins, the unworldly-appearing frogfish or the schools of silver barracuda. Dive Time
