Unfinished
adjective
Not finished or completed.
He left his homework unfinished.
Often appears as...
- unfinished business
- unfinished project
adjective
Not polished or refined.
The furniture is unfinished and looks very basic.
Often appears as...
- unfinished furniture
- unfinished wood
adjective
Continuing to exist, without being resolved.
We have some unfinished business regarding the contract.
Often appears as...
- unfinished business
- unfinished dispute
adjective
Not finished or completed.
He left his homework unfinished.
Often appears as...
- unfinished business
- unfinished project
adjective
Not polished or refined.
The furniture is unfinished and looks very basic.
Often appears as...
- unfinished furniture
- unfinished wood
adjective
Continuing to exist, without being resolved.
We have some unfinished business regarding the contract.
Often appears as...
- unfinished business
- unfinished dispute
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Progress Implication
Indicates something is in progress and not yet complete, often a task or activity.
The building remains unfinished, with scaffolding still around it.
Pro Tip 2/3Expectation of Completion
Suggests an expectation that the subject will, or should be completed in the future.
Her novel has been unfinished for years, but she plans to finish it.
Pro Tip 3/3Lack of Closure
May convey a feeling of incompleteness or a need for closure.
After the abrupt end to the meeting, everyone was left with an unfinished conversation.
Pro Tip 1/3Progress Implication
Indicates something is in progress and not yet complete, often a task or activity.
The building remains unfinished, with scaffolding still around it.
Pro Tip 2/3Expectation of Completion
Suggests an expectation that the subject will, or should be completed in the future.
Her novel has been unfinished for years, but she plans to finish it.
Pro Tip 3/3Lack of Closure
May convey a feeling of incompleteness or a need for closure.
After the abrupt end to the meeting, everyone was left with an unfinished conversation.
Pro Tip 1/3Progress Implication
Indicates something is in progress and not yet complete, often a task or activity.
The building remains unfinished, with scaffolding still around it.
Pro Tip 2/3Expectation of Completion
Suggests an expectation that the subject will, or should be completed in the future.
Her novel has been unfinished for years, but she plans to finish it.
Pro Tip 3/3Lack of Closure
May convey a feeling of incompleteness or a need for closure.
After the abrupt end to the meeting, everyone was left with an unfinished conversation.
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Why bother leaving the...
that responds to the challenge of the mountain, and I wonder if that's the case whether there's something in the challenge itself, in the endeavor, and particularly in the big, unfinished, chunky challenges that face humanity that call out to us, and in my experience that's certainly the case. There is one unfinished challenge
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Noy Thrupkaew: Human...
I also haven't done my journalistic due diligence on this. I haven't issued my mountains of document requests, and interviewed everyone and their mother, and I haven't found my auntie yet. I don't know her story of what happened, and of her life now. The story as I've told it to you is messy and unfinished.
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The history of tattoos -...
After all, they lasted forever and it really hurt to get them. For the Maori, those tattoos were an accepted mainstream tradition. If you shied away from the excruciating chiseling in of your moko design, your unfinished tattoo marked your cowardice. Today, unless you go the traditional route,
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Jane Fonda: Life's third...
Perhaps our parents suffered from depression. Perhaps they weren't able to love us beyond how we performed in the world. Perhaps we still suffer from a psychic pain, a wound. Perhaps we feel that many of our relationships have not had closure. And so we can feel unfinished.
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The myth of Loki and the...
and came to an agreement with the builder. He would only have one winter to complete the wall. If any part was unfinished by the first day of summer, he would receive no payment. And he could have no help from any other people. The gods sealed the deal with solemn oaths
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Four billion years of...
Think of life as being this book, an unfinished book for sure. We're just seeing the last few pages of each chapter. If you look out on the eight million species that we share this planet with, think of them all being four billion years of evolution.
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Stephen Burt: Why people...
in his most mysterious, perhaps, poem. It's mysterious because it's probably unfinished, he probably left it unfinished, and because it might be meant for a character in a play, but it might just be Keats' thinking
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How to turn off work...
And they are very difficult to resist, because thinking of all our unfinished tasks feels urgent. Anxiously worrying about the future feels compelling. Ruminating always feels like we're doing something important,
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Newfound Writings Debunk...
room that may have been a work room for Maya scribes paintings and unfinished sketches covered some of the walls but on one there were numbers calculations and tables the most important one is
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What causes insomnia? -...
What keeps you up at night? Pondering deep questions? Excitement about a big trip? Or is it stress about unfinished work, an upcoming test,
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Why bother leaving the...
that responds to the challenge of the mountain, and I wonder if that's the case whether there's something in the challenge itself, in the endeavor, and particularly in the big, unfinished, chunky challenges that face humanity that call out to us, and in my experience that's certainly the case. There is one unfinished challenge
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Noy Thrupkaew: Human...
I also haven't done my journalistic due diligence on this. I haven't issued my mountains of document requests, and interviewed everyone and their mother, and I haven't found my auntie yet. I don't know her story of what happened, and of her life now. The story as I've told it to you is messy and unfinished.
Video examples
The history of tattoos -...
After all, they lasted forever and it really hurt to get them. For the Maori, those tattoos were an accepted mainstream tradition. If you shied away from the excruciating chiseling in of your moko design, your unfinished tattoo marked your cowardice. Today, unless you go the traditional route,
Video examples
Jane Fonda: Life's third...
Perhaps our parents suffered from depression. Perhaps they weren't able to love us beyond how we performed in the world. Perhaps we still suffer from a psychic pain, a wound. Perhaps we feel that many of our relationships have not had closure. And so we can feel unfinished.
Video examples
The myth of Loki and the...
and came to an agreement with the builder. He would only have one winter to complete the wall. If any part was unfinished by the first day of summer, he would receive no payment. And he could have no help from any other people. The gods sealed the deal with solemn oaths
Video examples
Four billion years of...
Think of life as being this book, an unfinished book for sure. We're just seeing the last few pages of each chapter. If you look out on the eight million species that we share this planet with, think of them all being four billion years of evolution.
Video examples
Stephen Burt: Why people...
in his most mysterious, perhaps, poem. It's mysterious because it's probably unfinished, he probably left it unfinished, and because it might be meant for a character in a play, but it might just be Keats' thinking
Video examples
How to turn off work...
And they are very difficult to resist, because thinking of all our unfinished tasks feels urgent. Anxiously worrying about the future feels compelling. Ruminating always feels like we're doing something important,
Video examples
Newfound Writings Debunk...
room that may have been a work room for Maya scribes paintings and unfinished sketches covered some of the walls but on one there were numbers calculations and tables the most important one is
Video examples
What causes insomnia? -...
What keeps you up at night? Pondering deep questions? Excitement about a big trip? Or is it stress about unfinished work, an upcoming test,
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Xavier Becerra
American Politician
I... now see a rare opportunity to push across the goal line much of the unfinished business of America: investing in our infrastructure and workers, universal healthcare, comprehensive immigration reform and scrubbing a tax code that's out of shape and behind the times.
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Anita Brookner
English Historian
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.
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John Collins
American Basketball Player
I feel like every NBA player puts their life into this game, and for it to be cut short - it hurts, especially when you have so much unfinished business that you feel like you needed to handle.
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Shilpa Shetty
Indian Actress
I believe we move in soul groups; we meet the same people over different lifetimes; we have to finish the unfinished business with those people. And when we do, they walk away from our lives.
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Marian Wright Edelman
American Activist
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.
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Jon Gruden
American Coach
I feel a lot of unfinished business and loyalty and responsibility to get the Raiders going again.
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Frank Lampard
English Athlete
Everyone's got unfinished business with Barcelona. They're the greatest team in the world.
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Taylor Swift
American Singer
When I get on a roll with something, it's really hard for me to put it down unfinished.
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Hugh Laurie
British Actor
Unhappiness is an unfinished state; happy people don't need our help.
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Terry Pratchett
English Author
You can't die with an unfinished book.
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Xavier Becerra
American Politician
I... now see a rare opportunity to push across the goal line much of the unfinished business of America: investing in our infrastructure and workers, universal healthcare, comprehensive immigration reform and scrubbing a tax code that's out of shape and behind the times.
Quote examples
Anita Brookner
English Historian
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.
Quote examples
John Collins
American Basketball Player
I feel like every NBA player puts their life into this game, and for it to be cut short - it hurts, especially when you have so much unfinished business that you feel like you needed to handle.
Quote examples
Shilpa Shetty
Indian Actress
I believe we move in soul groups; we meet the same people over different lifetimes; we have to finish the unfinished business with those people. And when we do, they walk away from our lives.
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Marian Wright Edelman
American Activist
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.
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Jon Gruden
American Coach
I feel a lot of unfinished business and loyalty and responsibility to get the Raiders going again.
Quote examples
Frank Lampard
English Athlete
Everyone's got unfinished business with Barcelona. They're the greatest team in the world.
Quote examples
Taylor Swift
American Singer
When I get on a roll with something, it's really hard for me to put it down unfinished.
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Hugh Laurie
British Actor
Unhappiness is an unfinished state; happy people don't need our help.
Quote examples
Terry Pratchett
English Author
You can't die with an unfinished book.
Example 1 of 10
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