unwrought
Still in nature
Unwrought means not shaped, formed, or worked into a finished state.
The word applies especially to raw materials: unwrought iron, unwrought stone, unwrought timber.
By extension, unwrought can describe ideas or plans that remain unrefined: The novel existed only as unwrought fragments in her notebooks.
Not yet shaped
- unshapedWithout defined form
- unformedWithout developed structure
- unfashionedNot yet molded
- uncutNot reduced or shortened
unmilled · unhewn · uncarved · unpolished · rough · incomplete · unprocessed · undeveloped
unworked
Not yet shaped
- unshapedWithout defined form
- unformedWithout developed structure
- unfashionedNot yet molded
uncut · unmilled · unhewn · uncarved · unpolished · rough · incomplete · unprocessed · undeveloped · bare
ore
Metal-bearing rock
pig iron · bullion · native · unprocessed · crude · unrefined · unsmelted · metallic · lump · rough
latent
Present but inactive
- untappedNot yet utilized
- dormantInactive but capable
- unrealizedNot made actual
undeveloped · nascent · inchoate · embryonic · budding · germinal · fledgling · emerging · promise · possibility