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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.
—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
That money went to 77 different employees who together claimed more than 7,200 hours of unworked overtime pay.
—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.
—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.
—Bob Christie, The Arizona Republic, 5 June 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unworked
Adjective
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Dress Your Windows Bare windows can often come across as unfinished.—
Sarah Lyon,
The Spruce,
30 May 2026
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The program supporting that Surinamese farmer was among the thousands of projects abruptly terminated, leaving him with debt, unfinished investments, and no access to the market linkages he had been promised.—
Daphne Ewing-Chow,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2026
Adjective
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Ye, who has apologised for past remarks and said they were linked to untreated bipolar disorder, has continued to perform in countries that have welcomed him, and is due to hold a concert in Istanbul later on Saturday.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
30 May 2026
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While untreated cockroaches tended to stay in sections containing food, cyborg cockroaches equipped with the ISC platform were able to continue navigating through the entire maze, demonstrating the system’s ability to guide movement without overriding the insects’ natural behavior.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
30 May 2026
Adjective
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The platform has always been deliberately unpolished — not filtered through adult editors.—
Ashoka,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2026
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The prerogative of those in blue and white is that of joyful abandon; the unpolished celebrations of players, staff and fans unfamiliar with these moments.—
Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
11 May 2026
Adjective
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Researchers also recently found that a higher intake of unprocessed meat may protect against dementia in older people who have a variant of a certain gene.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
25 May 2026
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Of My Own Making opens when, after a decade of productive therapy, Burke discovers a photo of the car accident that took her beloved grandmother’s life, and thirty years of unprocessed grief and trauma come tumbling out.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Andre Iguodala put it in more cosmic terms, after Thursday night’s inartistic but somewhat encouraging 128-112 win over the Lakers in the final regular-season home game.—
Scott Ostler,
San Francisco Chronicle,
7 Apr. 2022
Adjective
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One of the most intriguing features of the Red Sea is that the experience encompasses so much more than secluded islands, untouched coral reefs, and lazy days on a yacht deck.—
Lauren Keith,
Robb Report,
30 May 2026
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Some hobbies are meant to stay untouched.—
Cheryl Robinson,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2026
Adjective
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Cats become infected by eating raw meat, birds, mice or contaminated soil, and only cats that are actively shedding parasites in their stool can spread it.—
Dr. Megan Yanny,
Boston Herald,
31 May 2026
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Now, his family is suing the restaurant chain, as well as the manufacturer that supplied the raw ground beef kofta.—
Andrea Flores,
Los Angeles Times,
31 May 2026
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“Unworked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unworked. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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