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a
: entirely done
Are you finished yet?
: brought to a completed state
reviewing a finished manuscript
a finished job
To keep a finished drawing from being smeared or soiled, spray it with a fixative.—
Reader's Digest Crafts & Hobbies
Reader's Digest Crafts & HobbiesConverting inputs into finished goods and services is the essential function of every economic organization.—Michael Rothschild
Michael Rothschilda house with a finished basement/attic [=a basement/attic that has floors, ceilings, and walls like the rooms in the main part of the house]
b
: having reached an unsuccessful or ruinous end
This relationship is over. We're finished!
This scandal means my career is finished.
2
: provided with a finish : having a final treatment or coating on the surface
a shop that sells finished oak furniture
finished wood flooring
3
: marked by the highest quality : consummate
finished workmanship
Examples of finished in a Sentence
He started his homework two hours ago and he still isn't finished.
I'll wait here until you're finished.
The job is finally finished.
We were pleased with the finished product.
We're finished! I never want to see you again!
She says she's finished with that guy.
This scandal means that his career is finished.
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With roster movement already underway and a top-25 recruiting class incoming, the season that just concluded serves as a foundation rather than a finished product.
—Aaron Segal, Kansas City Star, 4 Apr. 2026
Visitors taste the fruit from pods, watch the fermentation process and not only see how the beans transform but taste the finished product.
—Sandra Guzman, USA Today, 3 Apr. 2026
But that other supplier would have to try to reverse engineer that particular dye—formulas for dyes and colorants were, in spite of being in service to the war effort, still proprietary—and backward engineering color from a finished product is a crapshoot.
—Literary Hub, 2 Apr. 2026
These impart softer flavors and characteristics to the finished wines.
—Mike Desimone, Robb Report, 2 Apr. 2026
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Aaron Segal, Kansas City Star, 4 Apr. 2026
Visitors taste the fruit from pods, watch the fermentation process and not only see how the beans transform but taste the finished product.
—Sandra Guzman, USA Today, 3 Apr. 2026
But that other supplier would have to try to reverse engineer that particular dye—formulas for dyes and colorants were, in spite of being in service to the war effort, still proprietary—and backward engineering color from a finished product is a crapshoot.
—Literary Hub, 2 Apr. 2026
These impart softer flavors and characteristics to the finished wines.
—Mike Desimone, Robb Report, 2 Apr. 2026
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“Finished.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/finished. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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