B2adjectiveformalpsychologysociety
US/ʌnˈwɜːrld.li/
UK/ʌnˈwɜːld.li/
not interested in money or ordinary life; or having little experience of how the world works
In context
The professor was so unworldly that he forgot to pay his electric bill.
Her parents were kind but unworldly, and they lost their savings to a scam.
At eighteen he was shy and unworldly, and he trusted everyone.
Words that go with unworldly
adjective + noun
- unworldly scholarThe unworldly scholar lived among his books.
- unworldly innocenceThere was an unworldly innocence about him that people found charming.
- unworldly manHer grandfather was a gentle, unworldly man who loved books.
adverb + adjective
- rather unworldlyHer parents were rather unworldly and never traveled.
- too unworldlyHe is too unworldly to notice when people cheat him.