unwork noun 1verb 1forms 4 noun1 •The lack or absence of work; worklessness.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. — 1892 verb1 •To undo or destroy (work previously done). formsunworked · unwrought · unworking · unworks