pending items
Things not finished
Pending items are tasks, requests, or matters awaiting action or resolution.
The phrase appears in administrative and business contexts for things that remain unfinished or unaddressed: I have several pending items on my to-do list, Let's review the pending items from last week's meeting.
Often shortened to just pending: What do you have pending?
- backlogAccumulated unfinished work
- queueOrdered waiting line
- outstandingExceptionally good or unpaid
- unfinishedNot yet complete
- waitingRemaining in expectation
in the pipeline · inbox · to-do · limbo · on the back burner · stalled · overdue · postponed · deferred · unresolved · lingering · checklist · tasks · punch list · paperwork · approvals · red tape · bottleneck
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