unfinished

CEFRB1

/ʌnˈfɪnɪʃt/

adjective

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01
adjective
Not completed or brought to an end.
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adjective
Extra detail
Not finished., Not having had any finish or finishing (such as coating or polishing) applied.

Examples

She doesn't like to leave anything unfinished.
Tom had some unfinished business to attend to.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses: 5
Parts of speech: 1
Citations: 4
Synonyms: 2

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adjective

Extra meanings

Not finished.
Not completed; unresolved.
Not having had any finish or finishing (such as coating or polishing) applied.

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In context

Don't leave your work unfinished.
unfinished business
unfinished creation

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The sculptor left her masterpiece blank after running out of marble.

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The word in print, with each source given in full.

Oh! no mortal could support the horror of that countenance. A mummy again endued with animation could not be so hideous as that wretch. I had gazed on him while unfinished; he was ugly then; but when those muscles and joints were rendered capable of motion, it became a thing such as even Dante could not have conceived.
1817 April/May (date written), [Mary Shelley], chapter IV, in Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. […], 1st edition, volume I, London: […] [Macdonald and Son] for Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor, & Jones, published 1 January 1818, →OCLC, page 101
He showed unparalleled malignity and selfishness, in evil: he destroyed my friends; he devoted to destruction beings who possessed exquisite sensations, happiness, and wisdom; nor do I know where this thirst for vengeance may end. Miserable himself, that he may render no other wretched, he ought to die. The task of his destruction was mine, but I have failed. When actuated by selfish and vicious motives, I asked you to undertake my unfinished work; and I renew this request now, when I am only induced by reason and virtue.
1831 October 31, Mary W[ollstonecraft] Shelley, “Walton, in continuation”, in Frankenstein: Or, The Modern Prometheus (Standard Novels; IX), 3rd edition, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 196
Holloway has unfinished business in the Premier League after relegation last year and he will make a swift return if he can overcome West Ham a week on Saturday. Sam Allardyce, the West Ham manager, will be acutely aware that when the stakes are high, Blackpool are simply formidable.
2012 May 9, John Percy, “Birmingham City 2 Blackpool 2 (2-3 on agg): match report”, in The Telegraph, archived from the original on 12 May 2012
Shannon Downey goes for the unfinished stitching projects.
2019 October 25, Konstantin Toropin, “A woman found an unfinished, 20-year-old quilt and complete strangers are helping piece it together”, in CNN, archived from the original on 29 Oct 2019

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Origin

adjective

From un- + finished.

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adjective

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The sculptor left her masterpiece blank— after running out of marble.

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adjective

The sculptor left her masterpiece blank after running out of marble.