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   unworldly

   /ʌnˈwəːldli/

   adjective

   • 1. (of a person) having little awareness of the practicalities of life; unmotivated by material considerations: "a pedantic, unworldly boffin" Similar naivesimpleinexperiencedinnocentgreenrawcallowimmatureuninitiatednaturalunaffectedunsophisticatedgullibleborn yesterdayingenuousartlessguilelesschildliketrustingcredulousidealisticnon-materialisticnon-materialimmaterialspiritualspiritualisticreligious
   • 2. not seeming to belong to this planet; strange: "an almost unworldly stillness" Similar unearthlyother-worldlyextraterrestrialetherealghostlyspectralphantompreternaturalsupernaturalparanormalmysticaltranscendentnuminousrare:extramundane

   Derivatives

   • 1. unworldliness noun

   Scrabble Points: 16

   • U

     1

   • N

     1

   • W

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   • O

     1

   • R

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   • L

     1

   • D

     2

   • L

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   • Y

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