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as in unfinished
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as in untreated
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Recent Examples of unworked
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.
—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
Homes are made of unworked stone; sheep and goats are quartered indoors.
—Ruth Margalit, The New Yorker, 22 June 2020
Built from unworked limestone boulders and rocks, the basic arch, though never conclusively dated, may be from the 14th century B.C. 20.
—Gemma Tarlach, Discover Magazine, 5 Oct. 2016
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
The new support program unveiled last week requires employees to work at least 20% of their hours to receive aid, and their firms are on the hook to make a 5% contribution for unworked time.
—David Goodman, Bloomberg.com, 31 Oct. 2020
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
Homes are made of unworked stone; sheep and goats are quartered indoors.
—Ruth Margalit, The New Yorker, 22 June 2020
Built from unworked limestone boulders and rocks, the basic arch, though never conclusively dated, may be from the 14th century B.C. 20.
—Gemma Tarlach, Discover Magazine, 5 Oct. 2016
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
The new support program unveiled last week requires employees to work at least 20% of their hours to receive aid, and their firms are on the hook to make a 5% contribution for unworked time.
—David Goodman, Bloomberg.com, 31 Oct. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unworked
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Their luxury lodging turned out to be unfinished FEMA tents, and gourmet food was actually boxed cheese sandwiches.—
Rachel Treisman,
NPR,
24 Apr. 2025
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Upstairs, a mid-chiseled wooden boar and horse are left unfinished in Joel's workspace, a guitar leans against the bedroom window sill, and a copy of Idiot's Guide to Space lies half read on the nightstand.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
21 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The disease itself is not deadly, but left untreated, the antibodies can infiltrate different parts of the body like the pancreas, lung or liver.—
David Oliver,
USA Today,
23 Apr. 2025
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But if left untreated, carbon monoxide poisoning can lead to heart attacks, brain injury, and death.5 How Does Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Happen in Hotels?—
Cathy Nelson,
Health,
11 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Often, an idea that feels incomplete is simply unpolished.—
Rhea Wessel,
Forbes.com,
17 Apr. 2025
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Apple, Roose says, should keep pushing AI into its products and just get used to the idea that those features may be unpolished and a little too advanced for the average user.—
Allison Morrow,
CNN Money,
27 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The trip focused on combatting chronic disease, with a heavy emphasis on the importance of healthy, unprocessed foods.—
Cheyenne Haslett,
ABC News,
10 Apr. 2025
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An estimated $10 billion in refunds due to business owners are unprocessed.—
Cindy McGhee,
Forbes.com,
27 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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But the challengers urged the Supreme Court to leave the district court orders untouched.—
Melissa Quinn,
CBS News,
17 Apr. 2025
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But the Russian Federation—under heavy U.S. sanctions since its 2022 invasion of Ukraine—was left untouched.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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On an island with just a few hundred residents, where every road leads straight to the coast, the luxury lies in its natural beauty, raw, wild, and unchanged in its expansiveness.—
Carley Rojas Avila,
Travel + Leisure,
20 Apr. 2025
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Their music combines raw, percussive energy with elements of traditional Congolese rhythms, noise and avant-garde experimentation.—
Joanne Shurvell,
Forbes.com,
19 Apr. 2025
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“Unworked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unworked. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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