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too good for this world en · ADJ

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  1. (not-comparable) Too morally good or pure for the sinful mortal world.
    • Near-synonym: saintly
    • 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.
  2. (idiomatic, not-comparable) Of exceptionally high quality; wonderful; marvelous; excellent.
    • 2016, Alexandra Petri, ComPost • Opinion (satire), The Washington Post. Obama: Merrick Garland is a beautiful cinnamon roll, too good for this world, too pure

Synonyms

saintly · out of this world