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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. not concerned with the temporal world or swayed by mundane considerations;
- Example: "was unworldly and did not greatly miss worldly rewards"- Sheldon Cheney

2. not wise in the ways of the world;
- Example: "either too unsophisticated or too honest to promise more than he could deliver"
- Example: "this helplessly unworldly woman"- Kate O'Brien
[syn: unsophisticated, unworldly]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Unworldly \Unworldly\
   See worldly.


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Unworldly \Un*world"ly\, a.
   Not worldly; spiritual; holy. --Hawthorne. --
   Un*world"li*ness, n.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

unworldly
    adj 1: not concerned with the temporal world or swayed by
           mundane considerations; "was unworldly and did not
           greatly miss worldly rewards"- Sheldon Cheney [ant:
           secular, temporal, worldly]
    2: not wise in the ways of the world; "either too
       unsophisticated or too honest to promise more than he could
       deliver"; "this helplessly unworldly woman"- Kate O'Brien
       [syn: unsophisticated, unworldly]