in development
Not yet finished
In development describes something being actively created but not yet finished or released.
The phrase appears most often with creative projects—films, video games, software—where completion may be years away: The sequel has been in development since 2019.
Something stuck in development indefinitely is said to be in development hell.
- prototypeFirst functional specimen
- proof of conceptDemonstration of feasibility
- betaGreek alphabet's second letter
- beta versionPre-release test software
- work-in-progressIncomplete but active endeavor
under construction · unfinished · brewing · emerging · roadmap · iteration · alpha · testing · building · growing · evolving · embryonic · nascent · drafting · coding · works in progress · debugging · pipeline
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