unworldliness.

1. A lack of experience or skill in dealing with ordinary social and practical life.

2. A lack of interest in material possessions, social status, or ordinary worldly ambitions.

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Words that belong together

• air of unworldliness
• apparent unworldliness

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His unworldliness showed when he assumed the offer came with no conditions.

Usage notes

Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: Usually uncountable; no ordinary plural in this sense. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: character, description. Commonness: moderately common.