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unearthly

 adjective
     
un‧earth‧ly
1 very strange and unnatural, and probably frightening:
His eyes shone with an unearthly light.
2

unearthly hour/time etc

informal very early or very late and therefore extremely inconvenient:
He suggested a meeting at some unearthly hour of the morning.
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