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unworked en · ADJ

Etymology

From Middle English unwerked, unwerched, equivalent to un- + worked. Doublet of unwrought.

Meanings

  1. Yet to be altered, carved, milled, worked, or otherwise changed from its natural or crude state.
    • For years there stood in the sculptor's studio a two-ton block of unworked Italian marble.
  2. Describing an unaltered material found associated with human tool-making or other cultural activity.
    • Dozens of unworked obsidian cobbles were found buried with the deceased.

Forms

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more unworked Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most unworked Degree=Sup lexicographic

Antonyms

overwrought · overworked

Coordinates

underwrought · underworked

Deriveds

unworkedness

Relateds

nonworking · unworkable

Synonyms

unwrought

Translations (11)

el αδέψητος (yet to be changed from its natural state) · el ανεπεξέργαστος (yet to be changed from its natural state) · gv neughrainnit (yet to be changed from its natural state) · sh нео̀бра̄ђе̄н (yet to be changed from its natural state) · io kruda (yet to be changed from its natural state) · cs nezpracovaný (yet to be changed from its natural state) · cs neopracovaný (yet to be changed from its natural state) · lt žalias (yet to be changed from its natural state) · eo kruda (yet to be changed from its natural state) · el αδούλευτος (yet to be changed from its natural state) · sh neòbrāđēn (yet to be changed from its natural state)