unfinished business
noun
: something that a person needs to deal with or work on : something that has not yet been done, dealt with, or completed
You and I still have some unfinished business together.
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But Max and Guillermo’s family have unfinished business.
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John Hopewell, Variety, 16 Sep. 2025
Pending business South Korea still has major unfinished business with Washington.
—Karina Tsui, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2025
Soto competes like a man win unfinished business.
—Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 27 Aug. 2025
It is meant to project resolve, to frame the war as unfinished business, to tie the next operation to that trauma.
—Yonatan Touval, Time, 22 Aug. 2025
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John Hopewell, Variety, 16 Sep. 2025
Pending business South Korea still has major unfinished business with Washington.
—Karina Tsui, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2025
Soto competes like a man win unfinished business.
—Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 27 Aug. 2025
It is meant to project resolve, to frame the war as unfinished business, to tie the next operation to that trauma.
—Yonatan Touval, Time, 22 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for unfinished business
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“Unfinished business.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unfinished%20business. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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