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as in unfinished
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as in untreated
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Recent Examples of unworked
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.
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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.
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Tony Plohetski,
Austin American Statesman,
6 Feb. 2026
Fragments of whale bones appeared at these inland sites in small and unworked pieces.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Frank Jordans,
USA TODAY,
26 Nov. 2022
That money went to 77 different employees who together claimed more than 7,200 hours of unworked overtime pay.
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Bob Christie,
The Arizona Republic,
5 June 2021
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.
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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
That money went to 77 different employees who together claimed more than 7,200 hours of unworked overtime pay.
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Bob Christie,
The Arizona Republic,
5 June 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unworked
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From politics to philanthropy, healthcare to higher education, Black women continue to confront double standards that reveal the unfinished work of democracy itself.
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Her words prove true throughout his interview, during which Glover opens up for the first time about his life with Alzheimer's disease, often toggling between unfinished thoughts and poetic personal tangents.
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Rabies is a viral disease that affects the central nervous system in mammals and is nearly always fatal if left untreated.
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Rabies is nearly 100% fatal if left untreated but is almost certainly nonfatal with a series of five shots.
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Low-quality decor like plastic plants or cheap rugs can make a space feel cluttered and unpolished.
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Dog Day Afternoon is a definitive '70s film, with its gritty, unpolished vision of a restless New York and a dark sense of humor in its portrayal of a heist gone horribly wrong.
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More than 35 percent of ballots in Los Angeles County remain unprocessed.
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In California’s primary election, held June 2, thousands of ballots remain unprocessed according to the state’s ballot-tracking website.
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All year, the coastline is a unique, peaceful, and untouched place, thanks to its state park status (no one’s rolling a cooler and beach umbrella onto these rocks).
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The preferred option is to leave remains untouched and in place, said veteran South Florida archaeologist Bob Carr, who has handled numerous significant excavations in the region.
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My restaurant specializes in this dish of raw fish ‘cooked’ in fresh citrus juice.
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Across her decades-long career, Atwood’s books have consistently been described as controversial or explicit for their raw and inventive depictions of power, gender, and politics.
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“Unworked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unworked. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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