Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Lack of finish; incompleteness.
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Examples
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To leave th 'unfinish'd fight, and storm the town:
The Aeneid English 70 BC-19 BC Virgil
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They rose with fear, and left th 'unfinish'd feast,
The Aeneid English 70 BC-19 BC Virgil
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Port Said is a rambling town, whose half brick, half timber buildings have a general air of dilapidation and unfinish which is depressing.
Peeps at Many Lands: Egypt R. Talbot Kelly 1897
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_ Vhilerffom thy lips th 'unfinish'd accents fall,.
Poetics; Or a Series of Poems and Disquisitions on Poetry ... George Dyer 1812
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The muttering verse the 'unfinish'd birth delay'd.
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I tried six “finished” and two unfinish stories, divided equally between my SF and F writing.
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(Is there not often something in the very neglect, unfinish, careless nudity, slovenly hiatus, coming from intrinsic genius, and not put on, that secretly pleases the soul more than the wrought and re-wrought polish of the most perfect verse?)
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The house was still in a raw state of unfinish, though it seemed to have been lived in for a year at least.
Ragged Lady — Complete William Dean Howells 1878
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They begin in silence, and go quietly on to their unfinish, and leave you steeped in an interest which is life-long, whereas a story whose end you know soon perishes from your mind.
Roman Holidays, and Others William Dean Howells 1878
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The house was still in a raw state of unfinish, though it seemed to have been lived in for a year at least.
Ragged Lady — Volume 1 William Dean Howells 1878
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