UNWORKED Synonyms: 90 Similar and Opposite Words

unworked

adjective

Definition of unworked

as in unfinished

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as in untreated

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Recent Examples of unworked It's topped with natural, unworked stones collected from around the museum area. — New Atlas, 28 Aug. 2026 While the one-page affidavit doesn’t disclose the amount Jones allegedly billed, Seminole County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Bob Kealing told the Orlando Sentinel the deputy is accused of billing the agency about $1,800 in unworked overtime. — Cristóbal Reyes, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 Apr. 2026 The memo does not tabulate the amount of unworked overtime hours Caloia is accused of logging on her timesheet. — Tony Plohetski, Austin American Statesman, 6 Feb. 2026 Fragments of whale bones appeared at these inland sites in small and unworked pieces. — Stephanie Edwards, Discover Magazine, 28 May 2025 During the summer solstice, the sun rises above the Heel Stone, a large, unworked sarsen standing about 250 feet from the center of the monument’s stone circle. — Hannah Edgar, ARTnews.com, 26 Feb. 2025 These fortresses tended to take advantage of features like gorges and hilltops for natural defenses, supplementing those with walls of unworked boulders stacked without mortar. — Ars Technica, 9 Jan. 2025 Advertisement The overtime probe that led to Peniche’s phone being searched first became public in 2019, when CHP Southern Division Chief Mark Garrett held a press conference alleging dozens of officers had bilked the agency for unworked hours. — Caroline Petrow-Cohen, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2024 Police have launched an international hunt for the thieves and their loot, consisting of 483 Celtic coins and a lump of unworked gold that were discovered during an archeological dig near the present-day town of Manching in 1999. — Frank Jordans, USA TODAY, 26 Nov. 2022

Recent Examples of Synonyms for unworked

Adjective

Many houses in the densely populated middle class neighborhood where the sprayers operated were built with low quality materials, left unfinished or damaged.

— ABC News, ABC News, 18 Oct. 2026
The unfinished lower level offers an exceptional amount of space for storage, a workshop, hobby area, home theater, or gym.

— James Alexander, Hartford Courant, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of unfinished

Adjective

These symptoms, if left untreated, can be enormously challenging for women and their families.

— Lyndon Haviland, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2026
Squamous cell carcinoma is the second most common, but unlike basal cell, this skin cancer can spread if untreated.

— Norah O'Donnell, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of untreated

Adjective

Celebrated as masterpieces today, at the time they were regarded as the unpolished works of a depressed, crazy man and commercially worthless.

— Joan Martelli, Time, 17 Oct. 2026
One young fashion photographer who made a name for himself at indie mags like i-D with his unpolished images of a teenage Kate Moss, was Juergen Teller.

— Sheena McKenzie, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of unpolished

Adjective

In August, specialists at Washington Dulles International Airport seized about 440 pounds of unprocessed cotton from a family arriving from Afghanistan.

— Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2026
Johnson’s announcement, shared first with CNBC, comes a little more than a week after The Texas Tribune and VoteBeat reported that the DPS error caused at least 200,000 voter registration applications to go unprocessed.

— Justin Papp, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of unprocessed

Adjective

Raleek Brown had 157 yards rushing, including a 47-yard run that set up Manning's 1-yard stroll untouched around the end for a 31-24 lead when his fake handoff fooled everyone.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026
But for now, one of the company’s most politically outspoken voices remains untouched.

— Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of untouched

Adjective

The property collaborated with Nobu and the food is clean and delicious—unsurprisingly, lots of raw fish and produce like spicy microgreens and August-sweet tomatoes grown at Sensei’s hydroponic farm down the road.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Oct. 2026
The store features oak wooden floors, mineral plaster walls, raw travertine shelves, linen accents and furniture by Axel Einar Hjorth, George Nakashima and Lina Bo Bardi.

— Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 23 Oct. 2026