unfinished

[uhn-fin-isht] / ʌnˈfɪn ɪʃt /

ADJECTIVE

not completed

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bare incomplete unadorned undeveloped unfulfilled

WEAK

amateurish crude cut short dabbling defective deficient dilettante faulty formless found wanting fragmentary half-baked half-done immature imperfect in the making in the rough lacking natural not done plain raw rough roughhewn shapeless sketchy tentative unaccomplished unassembled uncompleted unconcluded under construction undone unexecuted unfashioned unperfected unpolished unrefined wanting

Antonyms

WEAK

completed finished polished refined whole

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Barcelona’s famous unfinished church is a tourism problem.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

Key transportation projects, such as many metro stations, remain unfinished with the opening game approaching.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026

Harry Kane's final task of the finest season of a magnificent career is to attend to unfinished business as England's World Cup captain.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

The items include unpublished photographs, a script with notes from her final production, the unfinished short film "Something's Got to Give," and personal items such as handwritten recipes and her Elizabeth Arden lipstick.

From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026

What he meant was: Mr. Mosley had unfinished business.

From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly

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