unhewn
adjective
unhewn is an adjective meaning “Not hewn” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled U-N-H-E-W-N, and it appears about once in every 71 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does unhewn mean?
adjective
- 1
Not hewn.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of unhewn
- more unhewn comparative
- most unhewn superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is unhewn?
Unhewn appears about once in every 71 million words in written English, the 265,644th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Unhewn in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense not hewn:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | unbehauen |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does unhewn come from?
From un- + hewn.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).