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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There was unfinished business back home first.
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Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 15 May 2026
This is what makes embarrassing memories so especially sticky, because the brain keeps flagging it as unfinished business.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 14 May 2026
Is there any unfinished business?
—Payton Turkeltaub, Variety, 8 May 2026
There’s so much unfinished business in those Netflix shows.
—Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2026
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Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 15 May 2026
This is what makes embarrassing memories so especially sticky, because the brain keeps flagging it as unfinished business.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 14 May 2026
Is there any unfinished business?
—Payton Turkeltaub, Variety, 8 May 2026
There’s so much unfinished business in those Netflix shows.
—Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2026
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 May. 2026.
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