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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The second interpretation purports to be more hardheaded and sensible, wiser and world-weary after so many years of watching Trump at work.
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Ross Douthat, Mercury News, 22 Jan. 2026
In the show, Wyle plays the compassionate and increasingly world-weary Dr. Robby, who contends with the daily onslaught of injury at a Pittsburgh trauma center based on the one at Allegheny General Hospital.
—Andy Sheehan, CBS News, 29 Dec. 2025
The uplift stirs even Guthrie, whose world-weary exasperation is vastly diminished by the power of song.
—Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor, 24 Dec. 2025
Then just in his early 50s, Nakadai played much older, wearing intense, ghost-like makeup to portray a desolate, world-weary warlord.
—J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 11 Nov. 2025
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Ross Douthat, Mercury News, 22 Jan. 2026
In the show, Wyle plays the compassionate and increasingly world-weary Dr. Robby, who contends with the daily onslaught of injury at a Pittsburgh trauma center based on the one at Allegheny General Hospital.
—Andy Sheehan, CBS News, 29 Dec. 2025
The uplift stirs even Guthrie, whose world-weary exasperation is vastly diminished by the power of song.
—Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor, 24 Dec. 2025
Then just in his early 50s, Nakadai played much older, wearing intense, ghost-like makeup to portray a desolate, world-weary warlord.
—J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 11 Nov. 2025
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“World-weary.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/world-weary. Accessed 5 Feb. 2026.
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