Dictionary entry
Unworldly
Pronunciation: /ʌnˈwəːldli/
Pronunciation
/ʌnˈwəːldli/
Myanmar Meaning
ဝိညဉ်နှင့် ဆိုင်သော။ အတွေ့အကြုံ မရှိ၍ သဘာဝကျသော၊ အပြစ်ကင်းသော။
Definition
unworldly /ʌn'wɜ:ldli / adj ေလာကီမဆန္ေသာ။ ေလာကုတၱရာ ႏႊယ္ေသာ။ an unworldly man/ outlook/ idealism.
Examples
- ‘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.’