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not completed
They sell unfinished furniture at the flea market.
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Recent Examples of unfinished
Based on an unfinished Jack London novel, this swinging, pre-WWI caper pairs swaggering Oliver Reed with fierce, feminist Diana Rigg for stylish '60s thrills.
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Ew Staff Updated, EW.com, 18 July 2025
Firefighters answering a call about 3:35 a.m. arrived to find a fire in the unfinished attic of a house in the 200 block of South Columbia Street in Naperville’s Historic District, a news release said.
—Naperville Sun, Chicago Tribune, 18 July 2025
Gotham’s arc feels unfinished, after having seemed to reach a dark place from which no personalized recovery seemed evident.
—Mark Hughes, Forbes.com, 13 July 2025
Lowen soon learns that a secret unfinished manuscript may reveal clues about the family’s past.
—Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 11 July 2025
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Ew Staff Updated, EW.com, 18 July 2025
Firefighters answering a call about 3:35 a.m. arrived to find a fire in the unfinished attic of a house in the 200 block of South Columbia Street in Naperville’s Historic District, a news release said.
—Naperville Sun, Chicago Tribune, 18 July 2025
Gotham’s arc feels unfinished, after having seemed to reach a dark place from which no personalized recovery seemed evident.
—Mark Hughes, Forbes.com, 13 July 2025
Lowen soon learns that a secret unfinished manuscript may reveal clues about the family’s past.
—Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 11 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unfinished
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The dark comedy, satirizing Iranian film censorship and bureaucratic absurdity, draws on Asgari’s own experiences in his native Iran, where he was slapped with a travel ban and had his personal belongings confiscated after showing his film Terrestrial Verses in Cannes Un Certain Regard in 2023.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
25 July 2025
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Dani Ceballos has also enjoyed time with his family in Seville, while Brahim Diaz was back in his native Malaga for his ‘Mentalidad Brahim’ football camp for children.—
Guillermo Rai,
New York Times,
25 July 2025
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The offense’s best chance to fabricate an open look comes possibly from an unpolished 19-year-old, Egor Demin, who Brooklyn selected with the No. 8 pick in last month’s draft.—
Fred Katz,
New York Times,
30 July 2025
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In a world of polished noise, the unpolished often feels most powerful.—
Ran Wei,
Forbes.com,
29 July 2025
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The essence of the review is evaluation, which of course doesn’t imply the crude simplicity of a thumbs-up or thumbs-down.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
24 July 2025
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Oil prices have been soft this year, with West Texas Intermediate crude futures off about 9% per barrel, and Brent crude futures down 8%.—
Darla Mercado, CFP®,
CNBC,
23 July 2025
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Transporting wildlife and raw animal products into the United States is tightly regulated.—
Anna Commander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 July 2025
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What struck me immediately was the raw emotion behind the situation the Reyes family finds itself in.—
Austin Hornbostel,
The Tennessean,
26 July 2025
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“Unfinished.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unfinished. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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