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Meanings of unworldly in inglês

Not wise in the ways of the world.

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Examples for "unsophisticated"
Examples for "unsophisticated"
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Shurtleff said the boy who plays Jody must be natural, easy, unsophisticated.
The new yorker
2
The controls had been kept as straightforward and deliberately unsophisticated as possible.
Alien: Covenant
3
He was as unsophisticated as she in the affairs of the heart.
The Ramrodders: A Novel
4
Middle-aged, unsophisticated ideas of domestic tastes will find the surroundings almost ideal.
Mince Pie
5
This suggests that students aren't the unsophisticated consumers that many academics fear.
The Guardian
Usage of unworldly in inglês
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But there was nothing to warn her personally in these unworldly confessions.
That Fortune
2
You must exercise your unworldly sense, and help me in this matter.
The Honorable Miss: A Story of an Old-Fashioned Town
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I am the only daughter of a poor, unworldly New England clergyman.
A Face Illumined
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I am sure this will, of itself, keep him unworldly and unselfish.
Stepping Heavenward
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Menandros turned to him and gave him a serene, almost unworldly smile.
Roma eterna
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But he was only a child, and an unworldly one at that.
Hidden Warrior
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But he is really a disinterested, unworldly fellow, said Mr. Farebrother, smiling.
Middlemarch
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Evelyn, be warned by me, and never, never marry an unworldly man.
The Lady of the Basement Flat
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I suppose you don't conduct business on what you call unworldly principles.
Middlemarch
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I may be uneducated and unworldly, but I'm not stupid or unread.
Dead until dark
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Neither with the worldly nor the unworldly woman could the ladies do anything.
Evan Harrington — Volume 4
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Colors are often described as unworldly in their variety and beauty.
Evidence of the afterlife: the science of near-death experiences
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In the midst of her millions Mrs. Vanderpoel was wholly unworldly.
The Shuttle
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Everything that moved was seen to move with a slow and unworldly grace.
Winter’s Tale
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Many thought him weak because he was simple, childlike and unworldly.
Samuel F. B. Morse, His Letters and Journals / In Two Volumes, V...
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She was the least self-centred and self-scanned of human beings, unworldly and uncomplaining.
Margot Asquith, an Autobiography - Two Volumes in One
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