unspiritual
- adjective
- /ʌnˈspɪrɪtʃuəl/
- He expressed concern that modern society was becoming increasingly unspiritual, prioritizing wealth over ethics.
Examples
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Many people view excessive materialism as an unspiritual lifestyle that neglects deeper values.
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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
Not connected with religion, about everyday and public life
Interested in money and possessions rather than religion
Liking money and things more than ideas or feelings
Not connected to or influenced by any religion
Not interested in religion or being against it
About everyday life or material things, not about religion
Not believing in a god or taking part in worship
Mainly interested in money and everyday things, not religion
Focused on human wants and material things instead of spiritual matters
Antonyms
How Spiritual
Surface Forms
Morphology
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.