"too good for this world" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: En-au-too good for this world.ogg
Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} too good for this world (not comparable)
  1. Too morally good or pure for the sinful mortal world. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-too_good_for_this_world-en-adj-R2lQHTQL
  2. (idiomatic) Out of this world; of exceptionally high quality; wonderful; marvelous. Tags: idiomatic, not-comparable
    Sense id: en-too_good_for_this_world-en-adj-mfyRTBxA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 82 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 14 86 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 98
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          "text": "2016, Alexandra Petri, ComPost • Opinion (satire), The Washington Post.\nObama: Merrick Garland is a beautiful cinnamon roll, too good for this world, too pure"
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