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unspiritual

unspiritual

1 7.4
Not interested in religious or moral ideas and focused on practical things
  • adjective
  • /ʌnˈspɪrɪtʃuəl/
translation icon : materialista
  • He expressed concern that modern society was becoming increasingly unspiritual, prioritizing wealth over ethics.

Examples

  • Many people view excessive materialism as an unspiritual lifestyle that neglects deeper values.

  • The payment plan for the unspiritual.

    Blog text (12)
  • During the spring of his senior year of college, his girlfriend accused him of being unspiritual.

    Fiction book (2002)
  • This is generally perceived as egoistic and unspiritual, but you cannot help others if you are ill, exhausted, unmotivated, let alone dead.

    Blog text (3)
  • The folly of the unspiritual judging always reverts back to self-justification because you can seemingly find someone worse than you.

    Blog text (12)
  • I walked into a tiny room that was unremarkable except for one decidedly unspiritual feature: the Playboy calendar hanging above the futon.

    Academic text (2001)
  • It strikes us as an open mockery; the unspiritual relic of a recent past; a large piece of litter with the pretentiousness of a monument.

    Academic text (1990)
  • When she sits in the kitchen, wanting to smoke, her mouth says unspiritual things about sex and hate, no matter how much she burns sage and reads her Navajo books, telling me she wants to live in Sedona, Arizona, and become holy like her Navajo relatives.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • Critics argue that focusing solely on profit can lead to unspiritual decisions in business.

Synonyms

secular
vsunspiritual
143 4.7

Not connected with religion, about everyday and public life

is more about personal lack of spiritual interest than institutional separation
worldly
vsunspiritual
30 5.8

Interested in money and possessions rather than religion

adds a stronger sense of practical, everyday concern over belief or morality
materialistic
vsunspiritual
23 6.1

Liking money and things more than ideas or feelings

is broader, covering practical focus not only desire for possessions
nonreligious
vsunspiritual
3 4.1

Not connected to or influenced by any religion

emphasizes active focus on material and practical matters rather than belief
irreligious
vsunspiritual
3 8.6

Not interested in religion or being against it

means lack of spiritual interest without implying hostility
nonspiritual
vsunspiritual
1 5.6

About everyday life or material things, not about religion

is framed more around practical and material concern rather than belief
unreligious
vsunspiritual
1 6.0

Not believing in a god or taking part in worship

places more weight on material and practical orientation than mere absence
worldly-minded
vsunspiritual
7.8

Mainly interested in money and everyday things, not religion

is similar but also implies a general lack of spiritual concern
soulish
vsunspiritual
9.9

Focused on human wants and material things instead of spiritual matters

is broader, stressing practical focus rather than emotional dominance

Antonyms

2.7

Believing in gods or spiritual ideas

660 4.8

Relating to the soul and to religion

How Spiritual

holy
951 2.7
devout
55 5.7
spiritual
660 4.8
unspiritual
1 7.4
secular
143 4.7
materialistic
23 6.1

Surface Forms

unspiritual positive

Morphology

unspiritual = spiritual + un (transparent) = un + spirit + ual

The adjective 'spiritual' is negated by the productive prefix 'un-' to yield 'not spiritual' with no unusual sense shift.

Etymology

Unspiritual starts with un- meaning 'not' and uses spirit meaning 'inner life' or 'religious feeling', so it literally means 'not spiritual'. So, unspiritual describes someone or something not interested in spiritual or religious matters and more focused on practical, material things.