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not completed
They sell unfinished furniture at the flea market.
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Recent Examples of unfinished
Mussorgsky died in 1881, leaving key scenes in the final act unfinished.
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Jeffrey Arlo Brown, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2025
As the scene was originally unfinished, most of Jabba’s dialogue was given to Greedo in the earlier scene.
—Benny Har-Even, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025
The unfinished painting is now housed in the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam.
—Angelica Villa For Artnews, Robb Report, 6 Apr. 2025
Box 115 was said to contain 15 folders of material from this unfinished work.
—Chris Heath, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Apr. 2025
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Jeffrey Arlo Brown, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2025
As the scene was originally unfinished, most of Jabba’s dialogue was given to Greedo in the earlier scene.
—Benny Har-Even, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025
The unfinished painting is now housed in the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam.
—Angelica Villa For Artnews, Robb Report, 6 Apr. 2025
Box 115 was said to contain 15 folders of material from this unfinished work.
—Chris Heath, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unfinished
Adjective
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And back in his native Northern Ireland, the celebrations were just about to begin, despite the late hour.—
Ben Morse and Patrick Snell,
CNN Money,
19 Apr. 2025
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Some choices can work as a traditional garden bed in front of your house with one or two centerpiece plants, and there are even layouts made specifically for showing off native plants. Before purchasing your map.—
Andrea Beck,
Better Homes & Gardens,
19 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Often, an idea that feels incomplete is simply unpolished.—
Rhea Wessel,
Forbes.com,
17 Apr. 2025
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Apple, Roose says, should keep pushing AI into its products and just get used to the idea that those features may be unpolished and a little too advanced for the average user.—
Allison Morrow,
CNN Money,
27 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The spill killed 11 people and injured 17 others as 210 million gallons of crude oil were released into the Gulf of Mexico (recently renamed by the U.S. government as Gulf of America) for a total of 87 days.—
Terry Collins,
USA Today,
20 Apr. 2025
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But recently the price of Russian crude oil, called Urals, has dipped close to $50 per barrel.—
Laura Kelly,
The Hill,
18 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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On an island with just a few hundred residents, where every road leads straight to the coast, the luxury lies in its natural beauty, raw, wild, and unchanged in its expansiveness.—
Carley Rojas Avila,
Travel + Leisure,
20 Apr. 2025
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Their music combines raw, percussive energy with elements of traditional Congolese rhythms, noise and avant-garde experimentation.—
Joanne Shurvell,
Forbes.com,
19 Apr. 2025
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“Unfinished.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unfinished. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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