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unworldly

/ʌnˈwɜːrldli/
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• adjective

1

Having little awareness of or interest in practical, material, or secular affairs; naive or unsophisticated about the ways of the world.

Example

"The brilliant mathematician was famously unworldly, often forgetting to cash his paychecks or lock his front door."

2

Not belonging to or characteristic of the physical earth; spiritual, celestial, or seeming to come from another realm.

Example

"An unworldly silence settled over the snow-covered valley as the northern lights began to shimmer overhead."

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unworkably
unworked
unworldliness
unworldly
unworn
unworried
unworthily

Word Origin & Etymology

From Old English 'unworuldlīc', formed by combining the privative prefix 'un-' with 'worldly', originally used in Christian contexts to denote a life devoted to the spiritual rather than the temporal realm.

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Wordmom. (2026). Definition of Unworldly. In Wordmom Dictionary. Retrieved Nov 5, 2026, from https://wordmom.com/dictionary/unworldly
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