unworldly
Word family
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++un·world·ly /ʌnˈwɜːldli $ -ɜːr-/ adjective 1. EXPERIENCED#not interested in money or possessions 对钱财不感兴趣的；脱俗的2. not having a lot of experience of life 不谙世故的，天真的 SYN naive3 unusual and having qualities that do not seem to belong to this world 非尘世的，非现世的，超凡的 unworldly beauty 超凡的美Examples from the Corpus
unworldly• It wasn't just that she was strikingly beautiful; there was an unworldly air about her.• Most of the kids would be pretty unworldly, and unequipped to deal with what was on offer.• She was credible and creditable and played well the transformation from gauche, unworldly girl to dignified lady.• But Iris, so shrewd in some ways, was hopelessly unworldly in others.• Like his son, he was unworldly, kind and courteous.• Twort was a reserved and somewhat unworldly man.• Gray had at the most been a shade injudicious, a little unworldly, perhaps, in his supervision of Jefferson.un·world·ly adjectiveChineseSyllable
possessions money interested Corpus in not or
unworldly
un‧world‧ly /ʌnˈwɜːldli $ -ɜːr-/
adjective
2. not having a lot of experience of life
SYN naive
3. unusual and having qualities that do not seem to belong to this world:
unworldly beauty
un‧world‧ly /ʌnˈwɜːldli $ -ɜːr-/
adjective Word Family: noun: world, underworld, worldliness; adjective: world, worldly ≠ unworldly, worldwide; adverb: worldwide
1. not interested in money or possessions2. not having a lot of experience of life
SYN naive
3. unusual and having qualities that do not seem to belong to this world: