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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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Several unfinished paintings leaned against the walls, and a large canvas was propped up on an easel.—
Sarah Kingdom,
Forbes.com,
14 June 2026
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Clean and refresh every room, pack away clutter and unfinished projects, and change the sheets so the bedroom feels like a check-in.—
Hanna Wickes,
Kansas City Star,
13 June 2026
Adjective
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The Tijuana River Valley, which straddles the border, has been overrun for decades by untreated wastewater and sewage, forcing border towns like Imperial Beach and Chula Vista to intermittently close its beaches due to pollution.—
Lia Russell,
Sacbee.com,
11 June 2026
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If left untreated, the disease can cause serious illness.—
Tim Fang,
CBS News,
11 June 2026
Adjective
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Low-quality decor like plastic plants or cheap rugs can make a space feel cluttered and unpolished.—
Jane Kim,
The Spruce,
16 June 2026
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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.—
Eric Farwell,
Entertainment Weekly,
12 June 2026
Adjective
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More than 35 percent of ballots in Los Angeles County remain unprocessed.—
Matt Klink,
Oc Register,
10 June 2026
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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.—
Kiara Moore,
The Washington Examiner,
7 June 2026
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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
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Yet these efforts can sharpen the vocabulary of leadership while leaving the underlying habits of the leadership system untouched.—
Britton Bloch,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2026
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The fire was first reported by someone at a nearby FedEx facility, though that building appeared to remain untouched by the flames by mid-Thursday afternoon.—
Jakob Rodgers,
Mercury News,
11 June 2026
Adjective
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What is in danger is that this will strip away the soul, the raw humanity actors like Jim Handy brough to each role and replace it with flat, generalized platitudes.—
Carl Kurlander,
Deadline,
13 June 2026
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Those raw emotions and moments of shared experience, which can be so hard to find in a fractured society, will be replicated all over the world in the coming weeks, bring families, communities and entire nations together, uniting them in hope, joy and, of course, despair.—
Oliver Kay,
New York Times,
13 June 2026
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“Unworked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unworked. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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