unworldly.

1. Innocent of or detached from the practical concerns and conventions of ordinary life.

2. Appearing strange or ethereal rather than belonging to familiar everyday life.

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Words that belong together

• unworldly scholar
• unworldly innocence

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The unworldly scholar had never negotiated a fee.

Usage notes

Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: Comparative more unworldly; superlative most unworldly when comparison is meaningful. 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. Commonness: moderately common.