unworldly
un·world·ly / ˌənˈwərldlē/ • adj. (of a person) not having much awareness of the realities of life, in particular, not motivated by material or practical considerations: she was so shrewd in some ways, but hopelessly unworldly in others. ∎ not seeming to belong to this planet; strange: the unworldly monolith loomed four stories high.DERIVATIVES: un·world·li·ness n.
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