as in spiritual
not composed of matter
ghosts are often depicted as unbodied, yet somehow visible, beings
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Recent Examples of unbodied
Though its name suggests a nootropics concern or a purveyor of networked exercise equipment, Superhuman’s unbodied offering is productivity software for the inbox.
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Anna Wiener, The New Yorker, 17 July 2019
Deleuze and Guattari, in Anti-Oedipus, see in it the model of a new kind of reasoning: schizoid, unbodied, and diffuse.
—Sam Kriss, The Atlantic, 13 Oct. 2017
Anna Wiener, The New Yorker, 17 July 2019
Deleuze and Guattari, in Anti-Oedipus, see in it the model of a new kind of reasoning: schizoid, unbodied, and diffuse.
—Sam Kriss, The Atlantic, 13 Oct. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unbodied
Adjective
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Lent is centered on repentance and spiritual preparation according to the Vatican.—
Dallas Morning News,
Dallas Morning News,
20 Jan. 2026
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Think of it as a way to get in touch with the potential spiritual lessons of the year.—
Lisa Stardust,
PEOPLE,
20 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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In fact, magical life has the potential to be even more radically incorporeal than our own.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
26 June 2025
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Indeed, in stark contrast to the incorporeal nature of a digital image, each of Winant’s photographs is, in a sense, a discrete body: a fallible material entity that boasts a hidden physical history and that will compositionally deteriorate over time.—
Jessica Simmons-Reid,
Artforum,
1 June 2025
Adjective
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Her testimony led to the U.K.’s first bodiless murder conviction.—
Udita Jhunjhunwala,
Variety,
22 Nov. 2025
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As is always the political case in this city, crime is spoken about in a faceless and bodiless manner, even when the numbers of those who kill and who are killed by gunfire remain high among this group: young, Black and male.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The Jupe bros – Jacobi and big brother Noah (as the stage Hamlet), who are both going places – playing characters that reflect each other in a metaphysical way.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
22 Jan. 2026
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Along its steep, meandering streets, Gothic churches and century-old bathhouses sit beside metaphysical shops and the towering Christ of the Ozarks statue.—
Symiah Dorsey,
Southern Living,
19 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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And could those invisible shifts be measured?—
Mayo Clinic News Network,
Boston Herald,
25 Jan. 2026
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The result is an invisible back-and-forth where Copilot keeps working for the attacker using your session.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
24 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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The new film Leviticus, from director Adrian Chiarella, is a solemn and frightening acknowledgment of that reality, albeit one allegorized into supernatural horror.—
Richard Lawson,
HollywoodReporter,
24 Jan. 2026
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Adam was almost supernatural in his ability to craft the story and let the humor come out without ever being mean or unfair.—
Jim Hemphill,
IndieWire,
23 Jan. 2026
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“Unbodied.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unbodied. Accessed 28 Jan. 2026.
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