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unworksome

unworksome adjective: not worksome; not diligent or work-intensive.

Adjective

unworksome (comparative more unworksome, superlative most unworksome)

  1. Not worksome; not diligent or work-intensive.
    • […] but then, again, the accumulation of much capital with fathers will tend to kill a lively piety of thankfulness in their children, and sometimes make them unworksome and vicious spendthrifts.1859, William Barnes, Views of labour and gold - Page 8
    Synonyms:
    lazy

Synonyms of unworksome

Forms of unworksome

comparativemore unworksome
superlativemost unworksome

Origin of unworksome

From un- + worksome. Compare German unwirksam (“ineffective, useless”), Swedish overksam (“inactive, passive, ineffective”).

Questions about unworksome

What does unworksome mean?
Unworksome means not worksome; not diligent or work-intensive.
What part of speech is unworksome?
Unworksome is an adjective.

Words near unworksome in the dictionary

  1. unworkings
  2. unworkmanlike
  3. unworkmanly
  4. unworks
  5. unworkshopped
  6. unworksome
  7. unworld
  8. unworldiness
  9. unworldlier
  10. unworldliest
  11. unworldliness

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