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unfinished

  • /ʌnˈfɪnɪʃt/

adjective

  1. not comparable Not completed; unresolved. unfinished business

    Similar: incomplete, uncompleted · Opposite: finished, done, completed, resolved

  2. not comparable, of objects Not having had any finish or finishing (such as coating or polishing) applied. unfinished furniture

    Opposite: finished, coated, varnished, painted, plated, polished

  3. not comparable, of rooms or other indoor spaces Not having had any finish carpentry and other finishing (such as painting) applied. unfinished basement

    Opposite: finished, fitted out

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: incomplete, pending, uncompleted, unsanded, undone, raw, unfattened, unpainted, unhewn, unended, bare, undressed, roughhewn, imperfect, inconclusive, unfulfilled

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adj not finished

Españolinacabado, inconcluso
日本語未完の mikan no
Portuguêsinterminado, inacabado, inconcluso
Françaisinachevé
Deutschunvollendet
Italianoincompleto
Ελληνικάημιτελής imitelís, ατελείωτος ateleíotos, ατέλειωτος atéleiotos
Русскийнезако́нченный nezakónčennyj, незавершённый nezaveršónnyj, неоко́нченный neokónčennyj, недоко́нченный nedokónčennyj

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unfinished. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/unfinished

Chicago

"unfinished." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/unfinished.

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@misc{unfinished_2026,
  title = {unfinished},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/unfinished},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}