unspiritual

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adjective

Not spiritual; lacking metaphysical significance.

OriginEnglish spiritual ← Middle English spiritual ← Old French spiritue →
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Meanings

adjectiveunspiritual (comparative more unspiritual, superlative most unspiritual)

comparative more unspiritual · superlative most unspiritual

  1. Not spiritual; lacking metaphysical significance.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*(s)peys-der.?
  9. Latinspīrō
  10. Latinspīritus
  11. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  13. Late Latinspīrituālis
  14. Old Frenchspiritue
  15. Middle Englishspiritual
  16. Englishspiritual
  17. Englishunspiritual

From un- + spiritual.

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Translations

Finnish epähengellinen
  • epähengellinenTranslations
German unspirituell
  • unspirituellTranslations
Polish nieduchowy
  • nieduchowyTranslations
Romanian nespiritual
  • nespiritualTranslations
Cite this entry
APA

unspiritual. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unspiritual

MLA

“unspiritual.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unspiritual. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unspiritual,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unspiritual.

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