Antonyms for unfinished


Grammar : Adj
Spell : uhn-fin-isht
Phonetic Transcription : ʌnˈfɪn ɪʃt


Definition of unfinished

Origin :
  • 1550s, from un- (1) "not" + past participle of finish (v.).
  • adj not completed
Example sentences :
  • He once began a review of George Eliot's biography, but left it unfinished.
  • Extract from : « Heroes of the Telegraph » by J. Munro
  • Nothing amused me more than to go with him in the morning over the unfinished house.
  • Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
  • On a stool was the unfinished model of Fecundity swathed in wet cloths.
  • Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
  • There is a small statue opposite it also—unfinished, but "a spirit still."
  • Extract from : « Modern Painters Volume II (of V) » by John Ruskin
  • It lay for many years in the basin at Hoboken an unfinished hulk.
  • Extract from : « The Age of Invention » by Holland Thompson
  • He could not seem to find a satisfactory ending to the sentence and so left it unfinished.
  • Extract from : « Shavings » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • Leave the world, my son, and return to your unfinished vows.
  • Extract from : « The Christian » by Hall Caine
  • The housekeeper laid the pen down beside the unfinished letter.
  • Extract from : « Keziah Coffin » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • The gratitude that leapt to her eyes smote me hard, for my sentence was unfinished.
  • Extract from : « Bardelys the Magnificent » by Rafael Sabatini
  • These were then carried to the unfinished tomb fifty yards away and there deposited.
  • Extract from : « The Cat of Bubastes » by G. A. Henty

Synonyms for unfinished

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