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Underworking

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deadworknounUnprofitable work that is necessary as a preliminary, e.g. preparing a mine before ore can be extracted.
underlayernounA layer that is below another layer.
underrunnernounThe lower of a pair of grinding millstones.
underdrawingnoun(art) A sketch done on the ground of a work of art before paint, pastel, ink, or other more permanent medium is applied.
underburdennoun(geology) The rock and subsoil that lies below a mineral deposit such as a coal seam.
workingsnounThe internal mechanism of some device or system.
understepverbTo take a step that is not far enough forward.
shitworknoun(derogatory) Work of low status or yielding little satisfaction.
stockworknoun(mining) A system of working in ore, etc., when it lies not in strata or veins, but in solid masses, so as to be worked in chambers or stories.
tutworknounAlternative form of tut-work. [(mining, archaic) Work done by the piece, as in non-metalliferous rock, the amount done being usually reckoned by the fathom.]
stream-worknounAlternative form of streamwork. [(mining) A place where an alluvial deposit of tin ore is worked.]
undertypenoun(numismatics) The type of coin used as a blank in the creation of a new coin.
deadworksnoun(nautical) The parts of a laden ship that are above water.
narrow worknoun(mining) The construction of passages, air-shafts, etc.
undercuttingnounAn undercut; a cut in the lower part.
onsetternoun(medicine) One who undergoes the onset of a condition.
holingnoun(mining) undercutting in a bed of coal in order to bring down the upper mass.
blackleggingnounThe practice of working in place of those who are engaged in a strike.
bitchworknoun(slang, derogatory, vulgar) Undesirable and demeaning work.
pitchwork

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