Meanings
comparative more unworked · superlative most unworked
- 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.
Synonyms: unwrought · Antonyms: overworked, overwrought
- archaeologyDescribing an unaltered material found associated with human tool-making or other cultural activity.
Dozens of unworked obsidian cobbles were found buried with the deceased.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveYet to be altered, carved, milled, worked, or otherwise changed from its natural or crude state.
Origin
- Middle Englishunwerked
- Englishunworked
From Middle English unwerked, unwerched, equivalent to un- + worked. Doublet of unwrought.
More words from Middle English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Czech nezpracovaný, neopracovaný
- nezpracovanýyet to be changed from its natural state
- neopracovanýyet to be changed from its natural state
Esperanto kruda
- krudayet to be changed from its natural state
Greek αδούλευτος, αδέψητος
- αδούλευτος (adoúleftos)yet to be changed from its natural state
- αδέψητος (adépsitos)yet to be changed from its natural state
- ανεπεξέργαστος (anepexérgastos)yet to be changed from its natural state
Lithuanian žalias
- žaliasyet to be changed from its natural state
Cite this entry
unworked. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unworked
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