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not completed
They sell unfinished furniture at the flea market.
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Recent Examples of unfinished
The power is back on, but the house is still unfinished.
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Alan Gionet, CBS News, 4 Feb. 2026
Layer in Texture Does your room look unfinished?
—Natasha Bazika, Martha Stewart, 4 Feb. 2026
The most common symptoms of colorectal cancer include persistent changes in bowel habits, unfinished bowel habits, rectal bleeding or blood in stool, abdominal pain or discomfort, unexplained weight loss and fatigue.
—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 31 Jan. 2026
What accumulates is unfinished work, blurred accountability, momentum without closure.
—Mark Murphy, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
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Alan Gionet, CBS News, 4 Feb. 2026
Layer in Texture Does your room look unfinished?
—Natasha Bazika, Martha Stewart, 4 Feb. 2026
The most common symptoms of colorectal cancer include persistent changes in bowel habits, unfinished bowel habits, rectal bleeding or blood in stool, abdominal pain or discomfort, unexplained weight loss and fatigue.
—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 31 Jan. 2026
What accumulates is unfinished work, blurred accountability, momentum without closure.
—Mark Murphy, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unfinished
Adjective
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For his first concert residency, which wrapped in September, Bad Bunny passed on the Las Vegas Strip and opted for a 31-date series in his native Puerto Rico.—
Edward Segarra,
USA Today,
5 Feb. 2026
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The mission targets invasive privet, a fast-growing shrub that crowds out native plants and spreads quickly.—
Dallas Morning News,
Dallas Morning News,
5 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Zamiri’s style is well suited for the project, with parts of it reading like an extended music video, while the more documentary-like scenes have an unpolished feel.—
Ellise Shafer,
Variety,
22 Jan. 2026
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Where oversized, chunky, rounded silhouettes read as frumpy and unpolished, this does the exact opposite.—
Kaelin Dodge,
InStyle,
13 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Eating even a small amount can be fatal, and experts warn that a mushroom's color is not a reliable way of detecting its toxicity, and whether the death cap variety is raw, dried or cooked does not make a difference.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
8 Feb. 2026
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Instead of treating touch as a simple raw pressure input, the system uses neuromorphic encoding (modeled from biological nerves) to translate force into rapid electrical spikes.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
8 Feb. 2026
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“Unfinished.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unfinished. Accessed 11 Feb. 2026.
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