unfinishedadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈfɪnɪʃt/, U.S. /ˌənˈfɪnɪʃt/ (un- prefix1 2.)
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > completing > non-completion > [adjective]
incompletec1380
rudea1387
imperfecta1398
occasionala1398
unperfecta1398
unperfecteda1513
uncompleted1513
imperfected1552
unfinished1553
unconsummate1609
half-baked1627
illaborate1631
inconsummatea1641
uncrowned1743
stickit1784
unconsummated1813
incompleted1836
behindhand1853
1553 in A. Feuillerat Documents Office of Revels Edward VI (1914) 150 The same..surseased and were lefte of vnfynysshed.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) iii. ii. 174 The chaine vnfinish'd made me stay thus long. View more context for this quotation
1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 1027 That inward gifts Were left for hast unfinish't . View more context for this quotation
1714 R. Fiddes Pract. Disc. (ed. 3) I. 144 We haue so great a work lying unfinish'd upon our hands.
1797 H. Lee Canterbury Tales I. 373 The recital he was about to make remained unfinished.
1864 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend (1865) I. ii. i. 164 Here, another unfinished street already in ruins.
1887 C. Bowen tr. Virgil Æneid iv, in tr. Virgil in Eng. Verse 188 She..Speaks, then leaves unfinished the speech already begun.
Derivatives
unˈfinishedness n.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > completing > non-completion > [noun] > unfinished condition
unaccomplishment1643
incompletion1804
unfinish1831
unfinishedness1887
loose-endedness1905
1887 Pall Mall Gaz. 22 Jan. 4/1 There is an appearance of hurry and unfinishedness about some [pictures].
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