Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Not brought to an end; incomplete.
- adjective Not having received special processing, such as dyeing or varnishing.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not finished; not complete; not brought to an end; imperfect.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Not finished, not brought to an end; imperfect; incomplete; left in the rough; wanting the last hand or touch
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective not
finished , notcompleted
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective not brought to the desired final state
- adjective lacking a surface finish such as paint
- adjective not brought to an end or conclusion
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Examples
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In it, I present my personal assessment of the current national mood concerning race relations and issue a set of concrete challenges that form what I call the unfinished business of building One America.
Message On Unfinished Work Of Building One America Clinton, Bill, 1946- 2001
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BUCKLEY: Presidential historian Douglas Brinkley chronicled what he called the unfinished presidency of Jimmy Carter, who returned to his native Georgia to find a home in need of repair and a peanut farming business in debt.
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Size: 3,010 square feet (plus 1,000 more in unfinished basement)
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So the idea of letting strangers see your work unfinished is as horrifying to most writers as going out in public without your trousers.
Jonathan Franzen's pulped fiction Stephanie Merritt 2010
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They are plain unfinished pine with visible screws, nuts and it's really, really short.
The First Thing You See In A Room, 2 regina doman 2007
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The game is for each of the company, in turn, to add a letter to it, keeping the word unfinished as long as possible.
My Book of Indoor Games Clarence Squareman
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The game is for each of the company, in turn, to add a letter to it, keeping the word unfinished as long as possible.
Games For All Occasions Mary E. Blain
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He rubbed his knee, swallowed painfully, and, leaving the word unfinished, limped haughtily from the room.
The Flirt 1912
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He rubbed his knee, swallowed painfully, and, leaving the word unfinished, limped haughtily from the room.
The Flirt Booth Tarkington 1907
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I found many of these adventurers in unfinished houses and racked with malaria; in one case I saw a family of eight, all ill with chills and fever.
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