unworked
unworked · more unworked · most unworked
Yet to be altered, carved, milled, worked, or otherwise changed from its natural or…Yet to be altered, carved, milled, worked, or otherwise changed from its natural or crude state.
Meaning
2 sensesYet 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.
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.
Origin
From Middle English unwerked, unwerched, equivalent to un- + worked. Doublet of unwrought.From Middle English unwerked, unwerched, equivalent to un- + worked. Doublet of unwrought.
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Forms
more unworked, most unworked| Comparative | more unworked Lesson |
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| Superlative | most unworked Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
1 synonymsAntonyms
2 antonymsWord family
3 related wordsDerivedunworkedness
Lessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form