Meanings
comparative more unworksome · superlative most unworksome
- Not worksome; not diligent or work-intensive.
[…] but then, again, the accumulation of much capital with fathers will tend to kill a lively piety of thankfulness in their children, and sometimes make them unworksome and vicious spendthrifts.
1859, William Barnes, Views of labour and gold - Page 8Synonyms: lazy
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveNot worksome; not diligent or work-intensive.
Origin
From un- + worksome. Compare German unwirksam (“ineffective, useless”), Swedish overksam (“inactive, passive, ineffective”).
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