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单词 unworked
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unworkedadj.

Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈwəːkt/, U.S. /ˌənˈwərkt/
Etymology: un- prefix1 2. Compare Old High German ungaworaht , ungewurchet (Middle High German ungeworht , German -wirkt ), Middle Low German ungewercht ; also unwrought adj.1 and unwerked adj.
1. Not wrought into shape; not worked upon.
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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > [adjective]
rough1364
rudec1384
crudec1386
rawa1398
unwroughtc1400
unwerkedc1430
uncured1622
unmanufactured1644
unworked1730
1730 N. Bailey et al. Dictionarium Britannicum at Unwrought (Of un and weorcian, Sax.), unworked.
1862 J. Newton in Trans. Hist. Soc. Lancs. & Cheshire (N.S.) II. 103 Flint implements..obtained by a few adroit cleavages from the unworked boulders amidst which they lie.
1865 J. Lubbock Prehist. Times viii. 265 One single unworked flint.
2.
a. Not worked in or operated upon. Chiefly figurative.
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society > occupation and work > work > product of work > [adjective] > not
unworked1817
1817 Lady Morgan France (1818) II. 190 Drawing from the unworked mine of fancy and imagination.
1858 G. Glenny Gardener's Every-day Bk. (new ed.) 83/1 This applies to all kinds of un~worked subjects.
1874 R. W. Raymond Statistics Mines & Mining 365 Harris Gulch..contains much unworked ground.
1884 Longman's Mag. Mar. 486 The ingenuity of inventors..would not allow so fine a field for invention to remain long un~worked.
b. = unwrought adj.1 3b.
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society > occupation and work > industry > mining > [adjective] > mined > of coal > not
whole1753
unwrought1789
unworked1883
1883 W. S. Gresley Gloss. Terms Coal Mining 268 Unwrought or Unworked, coal or other mineral which has not been mined or worked away.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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