unworked

English

Etymology

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

Adjective

unworked (comparative more unworked, superlative most unworked)

1. Yet to be altered, carved, milled, worked, or otherwise changed from its natural or crude state.

   Synonym: unwrought

   Antonyms: overworked, overwrought

   Coordinate terms: underworked, underwrought

   For years there stood in the sculptor's studio a two-ton block of unworked Italian marble.

2. (archaeology) 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.

Related terms

• nonworking
• unworkable

 

Translations

yet to be changed from its natural state

• Czech: nezpracovaný, neopracovaný
• Esperanto: kruda
• Greek: αδούλευτος (el) (adoúleftos), αδέψητος (el) (adépsitos), ανεπεξέργαστος (el) (anepexérgastos)
• Ido: kruda (io)
• Lithuanian: žalias (lt)
• Manx: neughrainnit, ^{(please verify)} neuobbrit
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: нео̀бра̄ђе̄н

  Roman: neòbrāđēn (sh)