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
- representamen
- representance
- representant
- re-presentation
- representation
- representational
- representationalism
- representationalist
- representationally
- representationary
- representationism
- representationist
- representation theory
- representative
- representative fraction
- representatively
- representativeness
- representativeship
- representativity
- representator
- representatory
- representee
- representer
- representively
- re-presentment