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
  • Thai Buddhist temples often have icons of Hindu gods, such as Ganesha and Brahma, who are believed to grant these worldly wishes.
    — Brooke Schedneck, The Conversation, 24 Aug. 2026
  • If the Baby Einstein products were meant to introduce babies to high culture, from the music of Beethoven and Mozart to the art of da Vinci and van Gogh, many of the STEM board books seem to have more worldly goals.
    — Elise Broach, New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of worldly
Adjective
  • The eagerly anticipated new Los Angeles museum will welcome earthly visitors on September 22.
    — Michael Goldstein, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Instead, Farage's main opponent is Count Binface, a political satirist posing as a comic space alien, with a keen interest in earthly matters, including the positioning of a hand dryer in the men's toilet in a pub in west London.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 13 Aug. 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
  • Tend to the mundane tasks occupying your to-do list, Sagittarius.
    — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 2 Sep. 2026
  • In the meantime, you’ll be preoccupied with more mundane things this month, like organizing your budget and catching up on correspondence.
    — Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Aug. 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
  • The happy faces lit up their temporal cortex and caudate nucleus, which are parts of the brain associated with higher cognitive and reward processing.
    — Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 28 Aug. 2026
  • The study also establishes Cygnus X-3 as the first ultra-high-energy gamma-ray source known to show temporal variability.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 17 Aug. 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 3 Sep. 2026.

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