Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unwork

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-work
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To undo or destroy (work previously done).

Transitive verb

noun

The lack or absence of work; worklessness.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"That comfortable philosophy which modern transcendentalism has but dimly shadowed forth — that poetic agrarianism, which gives all to each and each to all— is the real life of this city of unwork."
"Collective bargaining has a crisis of "unwork" — that is, work which Justice Douglas once called "unwanted . . . totally useless." So much "unwork" clutters the table that collective bargaining is no longer able to do what it should: […]"

Etymology

From un- + work.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: un

Usage

Inflected Forms

unworks (present, singular) unworking (participle, present) unworked (participle, past) unworked (past) unwrought (archaic, participle) unwrought (archaic, past)

Questions

What does unwork mean?: To undo or destroy (work previously done).
Where does unwork come from?: From un- + work.

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