unworldly
/ʌnˈwəːldli/
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American sound/ʌnˈwəːldli/
ʌnˈwəːldli
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- 3 syllables
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- 2nd syllable stress
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- Schwa vowel
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- Final y vowel sound
ʌn - ˈwəːldli -> unworldly
Myanmar meaning
ဝိညဉ်နှင့် ဆိုင်သော။ အတွေ့အကြုံ မရှိ၍ သဘာဝကျသော၊ အပြစ်ကင်းသော။
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- ‘Could it be that, beneath their veneer of unworldly innocence, they're all secretly gagging for it?’
- ‘Despite her independence and academic brilliance, she is naive and unworldly and her choices are terrifying.’
- ‘His widow, a founder member of the company, would take the part of the unworldly land-owner Ranyevskaya.’
- ‘How could such an unworldly clamour be tolerated?’
- ‘Everything about him seemed to emphasize how unreachable he would prove to be for a fatherless, penniless, unworldly girl like me, but something in his eyes told me that I had affected him in a way that was not completely unfavorable.’
- ‘His barrister said he was naive and unworldly and had his first sexual experience when he was 34.’
- ‘A timeless and unworldly quality, unaffected by the flux of material life, was sought, for which unchanging models served successfully.’
- ‘What came out of their mouths were words to the effect that ‘white trash’ referred to those white individuals who were stupid, unsophisticated, ignorant, poor, and perhaps unworldly.’
- ‘What is significant and rather curious about this otherwise slight prologue is the relative normality of the space being explored compared to the buffoonishly unworldly figure of the intruder.’
- ‘Those unworldly concepts have resulted in American personnel and resources being committed to U.N. operations far removed from vital American interest.’
- ‘His eldest son is a simple, unworldly soldier, who has lived most of his life in India.’
- ‘Critics say he is too unworldly even to understand the hurt he has caused Maori.’
- ‘Far from the stereotypical businessman exploiting unworldly people, he had a refined appreciation for both silk production and the Thai way of life.’
- ‘Would this lead me to be suspected as one of those apparently unworldly people who don't ‘get it’?’
- ‘He was unworldly, but he was building an impressive record collection and read the New Musical Express from cover to cover, each week.’
- ‘Easier to blame the unworldly bureaucrats in Whitehall or Brussels than recognise, never mind grapple with, the underlying tendencies to economic atrophy.’
- ‘Surely Ross is not so naive and unworldly as to not know that practically every publication on the planet has some form of selection criteria for advertising.’
- ‘He is frequently cast in intelligent, odd and somewhat unworldly characters for the very good reason that he does them so well.’
- ‘But his unworldly innocence disguises his disregard for the real social consequences of his actions.’
- ‘His fruitcake theory was Cambridge people were clever but isolated and unworldly, believing what they thought was right took precedence over any duty to their country.’
Synonyms
inexperienced, callow, green, ingenuous, artless, unsophisticated, naive, innocent, abstract, astral, babe in woods, celestial, clean, corn-fed, country, daydreaming, daydreamy, dreamy, ethereal, extraterrestrial, fantastic, folksy, idealistic, incorporeal, metaphysical, natural, nonmaterialistic, otherworldly, raw, religious, simple, spiritual, supersensory, transcendental, trusting, unaffected, unartificial, uncool, unearthly, unreal, unschooled, unstudied, visionary, wide-eyed
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