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Life... is not simply a series of exciting new ventures. The future is not always a whole new ball game. There tends to be unfinished business. One trails all sorts of things around with one, things that simply won't be got rid of.
Anita Brookner

Meaning of "unfinished" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF UNFINISHED

unfinished  [ʌnˈfɪnɪʃt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF UNFINISHED

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Unfinished is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES UNFINISHED MEAN IN ENGLISH?

unfinished

Unfinished creative work

An unfinished work is creative work that has not been finished. Its creator may have chosen never to finish it or may have been prevented from doing so by circumstances outside of their control, such as death. Such pieces are often the subject of speculation as to what the finished piece would have been like; sometimes they are finished by others and released posthumously. Unfinished works have had profound influences on their genres and have inspired others in their own projects. The term can also refer to ongoing work which could eventually be finished and is distinguishable from "incomplete work", which can be a work that was finished but is no longer in its complete form. There are many reasons for work not being completed. Works are usually stopped when their creator dies, although some, aware of their failing health, make sure that they set up the project for completion. If the work involves other people, such as a cast of actors or the subject of a portrait, it may be halted because of their unavailability.

Definition of unfinished in the English dictionary

The first definition of unfinished in the dictionary is incomplete or imperfect. Other definition of unfinished is without an applied finish; rough. Unfinished is also unbleached or not processed.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH UNFINISHED


astonished
əˈstɒnɪʃt
burnished
ˈbɜːnɪʃt
comfortably-furnished
ˌkʌmftəblɪˈfɜːnɪʃt
diminished
dɪˈmɪnɪʃt
finished
ˈfɪnɪʃt
furnished
ˈfɜːnɪʃt
overfinished
ˌəʊvəˈfɪnɪʃt
ready-furnished
ˌrɛdɪˈfɜːnɪʃt
semifinished
ˌsɛmɪˈfɪnɪʃt
tarnished
ˈtɑːnɪʃt
unadmonished
ˌʌnədˈmɒnɪʃt
unburnished
ʌnˈbɜːnɪʃt
undiminished
ˌʌndɪˈmɪnɪʃt
unfurnished
ʌnˈfɜːnɪʃt
ungarnished
ʌnˈɡɑːnɪʃt
unpunished
ʌnˈpʌnɪʃt
unreplenished
ˌʌnrɪˈplɛnɪʃt
untarnished
ʌnˈtɑːnɪʃt
unvarnished
ʌnˈvɑːnɪʃt
vanished
ˈvænɪʃt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE UNFINISHED

unfilially
unfillable
unfilled
unfilleted
unfilmed
unfilterable
unfiltered
unfiltrable
unfindable
unfine
unfired
unfirm
unfished
unfit
unfitly
unfitness
unfitted
unfittedness
unfitting
unfittingly

WORDS THAT END LIKE UNFINISHED

accomplished
anguished
cherished
dished
distinguished
established
famished
half-finished
impoverished
in the shed
long-established
malnourished
perished
polished
unblemished
undistinguished
unpolished
unpublished
well-established
well-furnished
well-nourished

Synonyms and antonyms of unfinished in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «UNFINISHED»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «unfinished» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of unfinished

Translation of «unfinished» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF UNFINISHED

Find out the translation of unfinished to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of unfinished from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «unfinished» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

未完成的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

inacabado
570 millions of speakers

English

unfinished
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अधूरा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

لم تنته
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

незавершенной
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

inacabado
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অসমাপ্ত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

inachevé
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Belum selesai
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

unvollendet
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

未完成の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

미완성의
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Durung rampung
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

chưa xong
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

முடிக்கப்படாத
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अपूर्ण
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

bitmemiş
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

incompiuto
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

niedokończone
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

незавершеної
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

neterminat
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ημιτελή
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

onvoltooide
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

oavslutade
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

uferdige
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of unfinished

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «UNFINISHED»

The term «unfinished» is very widely used and occupies the 14.037 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «UNFINISHED» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «unfinished» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «unfinished» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about unfinished

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10 QUOTES WITH «UNFINISHED»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word unfinished.
1
Xavier Becerra
But 18 years after the passage of the Civil Liberties Act, there still remains unfinished work to completely rectify and close this regrettable chapter in our Nation's history.
2
Anita Brookner
Life... is not simply a series of exciting new ventures. The future is not always a whole new ball game. There tends to be unfinished business. One trails all sorts of things around with one, things that simply won't be got rid of.
3
Italo Calvino
I write... sonnets... and writing sonnets is boring. You have to find rhymes; you have to write hendecasyllables; so after a while, I get bored and my drawer is overflowing with unfinished short poems.
4
Marcel Duchamp
I didn't abandon everything at a moment's notice - on the contrary. I returned to France from America, leaving the 'Large Glass' unfinished.
5
Marian Wright Edelman
So much of the deep lingering sadness over President Kennedy's assassination is about the unfinished promise: unspoken speeches, unfulfilled hopes, the wondering about what might have been.
6
Jeffrey Eugenides
I have a lot of novels that I haven't finished. I usually get 150 pages in and I realize it's not going anywhere. I don't publish everything I write. I must have six unfinished novels at least.
7
Zaha Hadid
What's nice about concrete is that it looks unfinished.
8
Lee Hall
Whether you are a writer or an actor or a stage manager, you are trying to express the complications of life through a shared enterprise. That's what theatre was, always. And live performance shares that with an audience in a specific compact: the play is unfinished unless it has an audience, and they are as important as everyone else.
9
Stuart Immonen
I like the spreads - designing them is a welcome challenge - but for a dyed-in-the-wool page-a-day journeyman like me, it can be tough to leave a drawing unfinished at the end of the workday.
10
Edward Kennedy
It's now clear that from the very moment President Bush took office, Iraq was his highest priority as unfinished business from the first Bush Administration. His agenda was clear: find a rationale to get rid of Saddam.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UNFINISHED»

Discover the use of unfinished in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to unfinished and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Unfinished: Filling the Hole in Our Gospel
If every Christian read this book and took it seriously, the world would never be the same again." —Bill Hybels, senior pastor Willow Creek Community Church "Just when I've gotten comfortable with my faith, here comes Rich Stearns, ...
Richard Stearns, 2013
2
Reconstruction: America's Unfinished Revolution, 1863-1877
This "smart book of enormous strengths" (Boston Globe) has since gone on to become the classic work on the wrenching post-Civil War period -- an era whose legacy reverberates still today in the United States.
Eric Foner, 2011
3
The Unfinished Revolution: Coming of Age in a New Era of ...
But at its core, this is a fight that plays out within homes and between partners. And as Gerson's research makes clear, the fight has not changed all that dramatically in the past 30 years." --The American Prospect
Kathleen Gerson, 2009
4
Unfinished Tales of Numenor and Middle-earth
The book concentrates on the lands of Middle-earth and comprises Gandalf's lively account of how he came to send the Dwarves to the celebrated party at Bag-End, the story of the emergence of the sea-god Ulmo before the eyes of Tuor on the ...
J.R.R. Tolkien, 2012
5
Unfinished Empire: The Global Expansion of Britain
John Darwin's provocative and richly enjoyable book shows how diverse, contradictory and in many ways chaotic the British Empire really was, controlled by interests that were often at loggerheads, and as much driven on by others' weaknesses ...
John Darwin, 2012
6
Unfinished Innings: Recollections and Reflections of a Civil ...
In his memoirs Mr Godbole narrates the events that prompted his decision to resign from government service. The author interestingly accompanies the reader behind the scenes, to the world of Indian bureaucracy and realpolitik.
Madhav Godbole, 1996
7
Unfinished Gestures: Devadasis, Memory, and Modernity in ...
Unfinished Gestures presents the social and cultural history of courtesans in South India who are generally called devadasis, focusing on their encounters with colonial modernity in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Davesh Soneji, 2012
8
An Unfinished Life: John F. Kennedy, 1917 - 1963
Robert Dallek succeeds as no other biographer has done in striking a critical balance - never shying away from JFK's weaknesses, brilliantly exploring his strengths - as he offers up a vivid portrait of a bold, brave, complex, heroic, human ...
Robert Dallek, 2003
9
The Unfinished Revolution: Voices from the Global Fight for ...
This volume is indispensable reading, providing thoughtful analysis from a never-before assembled group of advocates. It shows that the fight for women’s equality is far from over.
Minky Worden, 2012
10
The Unfinished Bombing : Oklahoma City in American Memory: ...
On April 19, 1995 the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City shook the nation, destroying our complacent sense of safety and sending a community into a tailspin of shock, grief, and bewilderment.
Oshkosh Edward T. Linenthal Edward M. Penson Professor of Religion and American Culture University of Wisconsin, 2001

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «UNFINISHED»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term unfinished is used in the context of the following news items.
1
A sound engineer found 20 unfinished Michael Jackson songs on …
Paris (AFP) - Michael Jackson's sound engineer said Thursday he has 20 unfinished tracks by the late pop star on his computer -- but he isn't allowed to let ... «Business Insider, Jul 15»
2
Martin Wheatley still has 'unfinished business' at financial regulator …
Britain's top financial regulator, who was abruptly sacked last week by George Osborne, has said that he leaves the job with a sense of “unfinished business”. «The Independent, Jul 15»
3
Orson Welles' unfinished masterpiece to see light of day
But Orson Welles' final film “The Other Side of the Wind” — billed as his big cinematic comeback after years of living in Europe — was to be left unfinished. «The Seattle Times, May 15»
4
Orson Welles' Unfinished Final Film May Actually Be Completed
Orson Welles was ready to make a comeback with one last movie — with a movie about a director making a comeback with one last movie. It was called The ... «Cinema Blend, May 15»
5
Rare read: a positive review of 'Unfinished Business'
Unfinished Business” is not for a person whose pallet rejects pumped artificial butter or Buncha Crunch. It is the type of movie my brother and I went to on ... «Daily Californian, Mar 15»
6
Unfinished Business: EW review
Somewhat randomly, Unfinished Business embraces the anti-bullying cause, with Dan attempting to explain the evils of bullying to his children during via ... «Entertainment Weekly, Mar 15»
7
Why 'Unfinished Business' should file for comedy bankruptcy
That “Unfinished Business” thinks it's a really fun idea to have a leading character named Mike Pancake tells you all you need to know. So, someone asks Mike ... «New York Post, Mar 15»
8
Unfinished business with Honda, says Button
Jenson Button admits that he and Honda have “unfinished business” together after the disappointment of the Japanese company's last withdrawal from the sport ... «Motorsport.com, Feb 15»
9
Tom Wilkinson has unfinished film business
Tom Wilkinson has revealed his new comedy Unfinished Business is still unfinished – with only a month to go until it opens. The 66-year-old British actor stars ... «BreakingNews.ie, Jan 15»
10
Madonna Says Leaked Album Is Actually 'Unfinished Demos Stolen …
Thank you for waiting and if you have heard please know they are unfinished demos stolen long ago and not ready to be presented to the world," she wrote in ... «Huffington Post, Dec 14»

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