unworldly
adjective
not worldly; not seeking material advantage; spiritually minded.
unworldliness
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a word derived from
unworldly.
Example Sentences
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Some of Shelley’s friends back home disappoint him too, taking advantage of his unworldliness, his bottomless belief in the groove.
From New York Times ● Jan. 24, 2023
Obviously, some people must, and yet today a passion for reading seems vaguely quaint, while to be called “bookish” or “learned” verges on an insult, suggesting a slightly ditsy, even elitist unworldliness.
From Washington Post ● May 25, 2022
A score of repetitive, ethereal unworldliness, it lasted 4 hours and 38 minutes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2015
Geoffrey Streatfeild as Protasov follows a basic rule of acting by playing the character from his own point of view, as a man who believes his visionary experiments justify his unworldliness.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 17, 2013
The Friends had attained to peace and unworldliness by staying in their own homes and fulfilling their duty as fathers and mothers of families, as men and women of business.
From Our Philadelphia by Elizabeth Robins Pennell
