unspiritual

adjective

Definition of unspiritualnext
as in worldly

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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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unspiritual
  1. worldly
  2. earthly
  3. carnal
  4. earthbound
  5. mundane
  6. fleshly
  7. temporal
  8. sublunary
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
  • But Roosevelt continued to press for progressive tax reform even after Long departed from the political (and earthly) stage.
    — Joseph Thorndike, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
  • Sugar’s purpose in this earthly life — to reunite lost families in the City of Angels — is crumbling under the maddening impossibility of convicting a policeman of a crime in a world where the crime is the point.
    — Andy Andersen, Vulture, 24 July 2026
Definition of earthly
Adjective
  • In this case, her yearning for him seems as much carnal as romantic.
    — Cressida Leyshon, New Yorker, 26 July 2026
  • 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
Definition of carnal
Adjective
  • Wall Street banks have high hopes for SpaceX but at the moment shares of Elon Musk's rocket market appear to be earthbound.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 7 July 2026
  • Big dreams have a tendency to shape-shift when they are transformed into earthbound finite reality.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 19 June 2026
Definition of earthbound
Adjective
  • Practicing deviating from our defaults, no matter how mundane, prepares us to deviate again, even in higher stakes contexts.
    — Nell Derick Debevoise Dewey, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
  • This felt like a rather mundane offseason around these parts.
    — Matt Schneidman, New York Times, 27 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
  • Even in this elite group, Zaks’ mastery of the temporal and spatial dimensions of electronic composition makes his work stand out.
    — H.D. Angel, Pitchfork, 27 July 2026
  • For Tenet, Hamilton developed a custom prop watch combining analog and digital displays to reflect the film’s shifting timelines and temporal chaos.
    — Anthony DeMarco, Forbes.com, 21 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
  • Our attention plunges in while the body remains firmly rooted in the sublunary world.
    — Meghan O'Gieblyn, WIRED, 16 Aug. 2023
Definition of sublunary

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“Unspiritual.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unspiritual. Accessed 2 Aug. 2026.

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