unfinished

as in native
not completed They sell unfinished furniture at the flea market.

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Recent Examples of unfinished In addition, there is unfinished space on the lower level left over for storage, a workshop, and the home’s mechanical systems. James Alexander, Hartford Courant, 2 Mar. 2025 What do leprechauns do with their unfinished dinner? Nicole Harris, Parents, 27 Feb. 2025 Instead, most pass holders found that their accommodations consisted of unfinished tents and drenched mattresses, with cheese sandwiches for sustenance. Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 24 Feb. 2025 And although economic disparities persist, the country remains this unfinished colonization project rather than a sealed victory for settler power. Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for unfinished
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Adjective
  • Rainbow boa constrictors are native to Central and South America and can reach more than 6 feet in length, experts say.
    Mark Price, Miami Herald, 3 Mar. 2025
  • Damon is a North Carolina native and holds a degree in Business Management from East Carolina University.
    Damon Stafford, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • As for the love story at the heart of things, real-life singer-songwriters Koerner and Varga, both making their movie debuts, inhabit their roles with unpolished sincerity, if not technical skill.
    Joe Leydon, Variety, 25 Feb. 2025
  • For someone who entered the NFL as an unpolished prospect, Allen has matured into the perfect signal-caller with his big arm and strong running ability.
    Ben Morse, CNN, 24 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • But unseen, in underground pipelines that cut through vast fields of barley, flows about $5 billion annually worth of Canadian crude oil and natural gas, most of it from Alberta.
    Dee-Ann Durbin and Sally Ho, Los Angeles Times, 2 Mar. 2025
  • The United States imports crude oil from Canada, specifically the Alberta oil sands.
    Ken Silverstein, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • My signature style is all about contrasts—mixing the refined with the raw, the structured with the undone.
    Felicity Carter, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
  • Read stories based on the data and explore the raw data yourself via the links and table below.
    Baltimore Sun staff, Baltimore Sun, 3 Mar. 2025

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“Unfinished.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unfinished. Accessed 10 Mar. 2025.

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