unworked
English
Etymology
From Middle English unwerked, unwerched, equivalent to un- + worked. Doublet of unwrought.
Adjective
unworked (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.
- (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.
Translations
yet to be changed from its natural state
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