world-weary
adjective
world-wea·ry
ˈwərld-ˌwir-ē 
: feeling or showing fatigue from or boredom with the life of the world and especially material pleasures
world-weariness
noun
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Biden’s reelection bid hinges on getting voters like El reengaged in the national political process: unenthusiastic Democrats, world-weary African Americans and detached Millennials.
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Francesca Chambers, USA TODAY, 2 July 2024
Montgomery Clift plays a principled bugler who suffers abuse for his unwillingness to join the camp’s boxing team, starring opposite Burt Lancaster as a world-weary desk sergeant whose affair with his commanding officer’s wife (Deborah Kerr) threatens to undo his career.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 26 May 2024
His latest song trades in hope and self-determination, while placing the focus on his voice, as smooth yet gritty and world-weary as the dirt and rocks embedded on a well-trod backroad.
—Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 13 May 2024
Christopher Lloyd is stellar in dual roles, but the most notorious Addams is a certain sullen, world-weary daughter in a star-making performance.
—Chris Snellgrove, EW.com, 16 Apr. 2024
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Francesca Chambers, USA TODAY, 2 July 2024
Montgomery Clift plays a principled bugler who suffers abuse for his unwillingness to join the camp’s boxing team, starring opposite Burt Lancaster as a world-weary desk sergeant whose affair with his commanding officer’s wife (Deborah Kerr) threatens to undo his career.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 26 May 2024
His latest song trades in hope and self-determination, while placing the focus on his voice, as smooth yet gritty and world-weary as the dirt and rocks embedded on a well-trod backroad.
—Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 13 May 2024
Christopher Lloyd is stellar in dual roles, but the most notorious Addams is a certain sullen, world-weary daughter in a star-making performance.
—Chris Snellgrove, EW.com, 16 Apr. 2024
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“World-weary.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/world-weary. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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