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Recent Examples of unworldly He is known for pioneering overuse of the Auto-Tune effect, giving his vocals an unworldly quality. Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 3 June 2025 The movie then flashes back to reveal the unworldly events of the day before. Bill Desowitz, IndieWire, 19 Apr. 2025 While there are countless superhero stories flooding the TV landscape, Emma Moran's Extraordinary soars with its down-to-earth, Boys-esque twist, where being a hero isn't all it's cracked up to be and unworldly abilities aren't just devices for destruction. Alex Galbraith, EW.com, 24 Sep. 2024 Buruma, who excels at setting a rather unworldly man in the public life of his time, describes how, in 1672, a mob in The Hague lynched Johan and Cornelis de Witt, brothers who had led the Netherlands’ liberal regime during what is now remembered as the Dutch Golden Age. Adam Kirsch, The New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2024 Lucky for them, Vegas is an unworldly place. Mark Gray, Peoplemag, 29 Nov. 2022 After leaving his rural village for Paris, Lucien befriends another writer, Etienne (Vincent Lacoste), who introduces his unworldly protege to an exciting cadre of liberal journalists — including a publisher played by Gérard Depardieu — who regularly attack the royalist government. Pat Padua, Washington Post, 28 June 2022 The Nets are putting their hopes in a player who has an unworldly skill set for someone his height and was challenging LeBron James for the title of the game's best player, and a coach who is creative, highly intelligent, team-driven and competitive as hell. Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 3 Dec. 2020 And there the journey entered an unworldly realm. F. Salazar, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Sep. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unworldly
Adjective
  • And if anyone was naive enough to imagine the U.S.-led tournament in 2026 would be free of such political baggage, then surely the increasingly public proximity of the Trump-Infantino relationship has dispelled those illusions.
    Oliver Kay, New York Times, 20 June 2025
  • Biography Ellmann-style was left looking hopelessly naive in its effort to understand the work by understanding its writer’s life.
    Eric Bulson, The Atlantic, 16 June 2025
Adjective
  • On July 8, U.S. soldiers escorting a train fired at crowds in Hammond, killing an innocent bystander.
    Robert Loerzel, Chicago Tribune, 22 June 2025
  • However, Vance’s spokesperson said the mix-up was an innocent mistake.
    Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 21 June 2025
Adjective
  • In his formal lecture to the Academy, Campbell offered some reflections on the simple science that gave rise to the treatment, and to its wide array of applications.
    Benjamin Mazer, The Atlantic, 17 June 2025
  • While to some these screen-free devices may seem like a return to the early, simpler days of fitness trackers, Werring says the public is a bit more savvy than the step-counting obsessives of the 2010s.
    Andrew Williams, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
Adjective
  • Houde said these mammoth animals are a primitive group of proboscideans ('elephantoids') from which modern elephants evolved.
    Joseph J. Kolb, Fox News, 18 July 2017
  • Many are primitive and remote, and don’t have restrooms or water.
    OregonLive.com, OregonLive.com, 12 July 2017
Adjective
  • After hatching, the immature cicadas or nymphs spend 17 or 13 years underground, feeding on roots, then emerge during the spring and transform into adult cicadas.
    Saleen Martin, USA Today, 14 June 2025
  • And babies younger than six months old—who are ineligible for vaccination because of their immature immune system—have the highest rates COVID hospitalization after adults aged 75 and older.
    Lauren J. Young, Scientific American, 10 June 2025

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“Unworldly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unworldly. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.

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