What does "unworksome" mean?

Not worksome; not diligent or work-intensive.

What is a synonym for "unworksome"?

Common synonyms include: lazy, lazy.

Unworksome

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Adjective

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."

Synonyms

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lazy lazy

Example

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"[…] 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."

Etymology

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

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work intensive

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