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not completed
They sell unfinished furniture at the flea market.
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Recent Examples of unfinished
The unfinished portrait remains in her apartment, tucked away in a corner.
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Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
But Isabel's life gets upended when her sister unexpectedly dies — especially after Isabel uncovers her sibling's unfinished bucket list.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
But placing unfinished or untested writing in front of the eyes of other experienced and respected writers actually takes courage.
—Beverly Gologorsky
september 5, Literary Hub, 5 Sep. 2025
The home, which Drake in a brief interview said should be finished in about two years, will be 9,720 square feet, have three stories, five bedrooms, a partially unfinished basement, an attached garage, with a wall surrounding the property for privacy.
—Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 4 Sep. 2025
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Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
But Isabel's life gets upended when her sister unexpectedly dies — especially after Isabel uncovers her sibling's unfinished bucket list.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
But placing unfinished or untested writing in front of the eyes of other experienced and respected writers actually takes courage.
—Beverly Gologorsky
september 5, Literary Hub, 5 Sep. 2025
The home, which Drake in a brief interview said should be finished in about two years, will be 9,720 square feet, have three stories, five bedrooms, a partially unfinished basement, an attached garage, with a wall surrounding the property for privacy.
—Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 4 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unfinished
Adjective
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The first two matches this season provided contrasting evidence as to whether Wieffer, after a difficult debut campaign with Brighton, is getting to grips with a position that was alien to him in his native Netherlands.—
Andy Naylor,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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Kansas City native Carter Jensen recorded his first career hit in the fourth inning.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
7 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Instead, later stages feel unpolished, undertested, and frankly harsh; some sections rely more on luck than skill due to dodgy responsiveness, weird puzzle timings, or the occasional drop into sub-30fps territory.—
Matt Gardner,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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His raw, unpolished voice and straightforward style resonated with migrant communities and working-class listeners.—
Tere Aguilera,
Billboard,
30 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Trump is mentioned again on Page 156 of the birthday book document in a photo and a handwritten caption with a crude joke allegedly penned by Joel Pashcow, who the Wall Street Journal reports is a long-time Mar-a-Lago member.—
Siladitya Ray,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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The data also shows that the Reliance refinery gets nearly half its crude oil from Russia.—
Omkar Khandekar,
NPR,
8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Photo-illustration by Newsweek/Getty/Canva JPMorgan Chase saw one of the biggest jumps in raw numbers, with approvals climbing from 1,719 to 2,440, an increase of 721.—
Billal Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Sep. 2025
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Adopt zero-knowledge proofs (ZKPs) and multiparty computation (MPC) to validate identity attributes without exposing the raw data, making synthetic identity theft less profitable.—
Rohan Pinto,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Unfinished.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unfinished. Accessed 12 Sep. 2025.
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