unfinished
/ʌnˈfɪnɪʃt
/adjective
1Not finished or concluded; incomplete: her last novel is unfinished...
- You must clear away the detritus, finish your unfinished business, before the New Year can be magic.
- We are merely concluding unfinished business in terms of the deal, and this measure is the best form of closure.
- It is the job of each new generation to finish the unfinished business of the past.
Synonyms
incomplete, uncompleted, truncated, aborted;
partial, undone, half-done, unexecuted, undeveloped, deferred, put off, abandoned;
imperfect, unaccomplished, immature, defective, deficient, lacking, wanting, unpolished, unrefined, sketchy, fragmentary, patchy, rough, crude
2(Of an object) not having been given an attractive surface appearance as the final stage of manufacture: the garage door can be supplied unfinished for you to paint yourself...
- Despite its unfinished surface, the statue was detailed, each piece of her naked form perfectly shaped.
- Road surfaces and footpaths in general are good, however road edges appear to be unfinished.
- The statue, like the London version, appears to be unfinished.
Synonyms
unpainted, unvarnished, undressed, untreated, unprocessed, unprepared, raw, rough, natural
Rhymes
- contagiousness
- contagium
- contain
- containable
- container
- container-grown
- containerise
- containerization
- containerize
- containerload
- container port
- container ship
- containment
- contaminant
- contaminate
- contamination
- contaminator
- contango
- conte
- contemn
- contemner
- contemplate
- contemplate one's navel
- contemplation
- contemplative