unworked

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Etymology[edit]

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

Adjective[edit]

unworked (comparative more unworked, superlative most unworked)

  1. 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.
  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.

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