UNSPIRITUAL Synonyms: 44 Similar and Opposite Words

unspiritual

adjective

Definition of unspiritual

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Recent Examples of unspiritual When the 1990s brought an emphasis on art being viewed as unspiritual, unpoetical, socioeconomic evidence, the perspective on Cole changed. — Holland Cotter, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2018

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Adjective

These complex relationships—between art and institutions, between artistic integrity and worldly achievement—animate Eggers’s latest novel, Contrapposto.

— Tope Folarin, The Atlantic, 22 July 2026
Las Terrenas does not ask you to choose between sleepy Caribbean escape and worldly energy.

— Rafael Peña, Miami Herald, 15 July 2026

Definition of worldly

Adjective

Conjuring fantasies is one of humanity’s most ancient arts — a sacred creative practice — but without earthly rooting, the symphony is incomplete.

— Goth Shakira, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2026
The actual viewing success will depend more on earthly considerations, however, including cloud cover and the extent of light pollution.

— Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 6 July 2026

Definition of earthly

Adjective

Misty Roberts, 44, was sentenced June 9 after being found guilty in March of carnal knowledge of a juvenile and indecent behavior with a juvenile, both felonies, according to KPLC, The Guardian and Louisiana Radio Network.

— Christina Coulter, PEOPLE, 10 June 2026
The former make for an easy snack (carnal or cuisine), while the latter are an even more fleeting annoyance.

— Ben Travers, IndieWire, 7 June 2026

Definition of carnal

Adjective

Of course, this magazine has a long tradition of engaging with mundane topics—pinball machines, pencil sharpeners, sand—in surprisingly affecting ways.

— Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 22 July 2026
In much of literary fiction, characters and settings are developed slowly, through the gradual accrual of discrete moments that rarely stray from the mundane and the reasonable.

— Robert Rubsam, The Atlantic, 20 July 2026

Definition of mundane

Adjective

Imperfect fleshly reality occupies the stage, the region where bones crack and wounds suppurate, schlumpy humans fall for each other, and jealousy roams murderously free.

— Justin Davidson, Vulture, 11 Mar. 2026
Belief in being a personal soul trapped in a fleshly body would invert this true view.

— Tony Lobl, Christian Science Monitor, 5 Mar. 2025

Definition of fleshly

Adjective

Research shows that drops in hormones actually shrink the volume of gray matter in a woman’s hippocampus and frontal and temporal cortices, which are key for memory and executive function.

— Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 16 July 2026
An autopsy report obtained by Entertainment Weekly states that multiple bilateral temporal calvarial fractures and a brain injury were also revealed.

— Marina Watts, Entertainment Weekly, 16 July 2026

Definition of temporal

Adjective

We are reminded of dogs as an intermediary between mankind and the rest of creation, both sublunary and celestial; dogs remind us daily of our animal selves and are audience to our higher moments.

— Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 25 May 2026
But a higher-education system that can no longer keep them safe from the vulgarities of the market, the siren song of cultural warfare, or the decidedly sublunary work of furnishing political propaganda is one that has not just failed the humanities, but failed entirely.

— Tyler Austin Harper, The Atlantic, 12 Feb. 2026

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