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too good for this world

Adjective CEFR C2

Definitions

  1. Too morally good or pure for the sinful mortal world.
    not-comparable
  2. Out of this world; of exceptionally high quality; wonderful; marvelous.
    idiomatic, not-comparable

Examples

“1733, Lewis Theobald, ed., The Works of Shakespeare: in Seven Volumes, Dedication, page A3. It might be a childish Superstition, perhaps, to imagine⟳ her too good for this World, but we feel⟳ to our Concern⟳, that what made her revered on Earth, qualified her too early for a Saint in Heaven.”
“2016, Alexandra Petri, ComPost • Opinion (satire), The Washington Post⟳. Obama: Merrick Garland is a beautiful cinnamon roll, too good for this world, too pure”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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See also

too good to last too hot to handle too hot to hold too much too posh to push too rich for one's blood

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