unfinished
Still in progress
Unfinished describes something not yet completed or brought to a final state: unfinished business, an unfinished symphony.
It can suggest incompleteness that needs attention or simply work still in progress.
Unfinished wood or furniture lacks a final coat of paint, stain, or varnish—raw rather than treated.
We have unfinished business to discuss.
Preliminary version of text
- sketchHasty informal drawing
- outlineSummary of key elements
- roughUneven in surface
- unpolishedLacking finish or refinement
fragmentary · partial · half-done · uncompleted · undone · remaining · lacking · missing
Came to rest
- suspendedHalted or hanging temporarily
- interruptedBroken mid-course
- stalledStopped unexpectedly
- abandonedLeft behind completely
shelved · tabled · postponed · discontinued · dropped · set-aside · mothballed · backburner
Showing signs of success
- buddingDeveloping from an outgrowth
- emergingComing into view
- developingBecoming more advanced
- evolvingChanging gradually over time
nascent · incipient · embryonic · fledgling · raw · unrealized · untapped · latent
Staying until something arrives
- outstandingExceptionally good or unpaid
- remainingStill present after removal
- unresolvedLacking final determination
- unsettledNot yet resolved
unaddressed · undecided · open · backlog · queue · to-do · overdue · lingering
draft
Preliminary version of text
unpolished · fragmentary · partial · half-done · uncompleted · undone · remaining · lacking · missing · deficient
halted
Came to rest
- suspendedHalted or hanging temporarily
- interruptedBroken mid-course
- stalledStopped unexpectedly
abandoned · shelved · tabled · postponed · discontinued · dropped · set-aside · mothballed · backburner · dormant
promising
Showing signs of success
- buddingDeveloping from an outgrowth
- emergingComing into view
- developingBecoming more advanced
evolving · nascent · incipient · embryonic · fledgling · raw · unrealized · untapped · latent · possible
awaiting
Staying until something arrives
- outstandingExceptionally good or unpaid
- remainingStill present after removal
- unresolvedLacking final determination
unsettled · unaddressed · undecided · open · backlog · queue · to-do · overdue · lingering · hanging
- incompleteincomplete, partial, fragmentary, half-done, halfway
- Flawedflawed, faulty, defective, broken, imperfect
- in progressunderway, pending, ongoing, active, incomplete
- unfinishedincomplete, partial, half-formed, underdone, rudimentary
- unfulfilledunfulfilled, unsatisfied, dissatisfied, unmet, incomplete
- unreadyunprepared, ill-prepared, ill-equipped, unready, not ready
- unfinished businessIncomplete matters requiring attention
- unfinished workTask not yet completed
- unfinished furniture
- unfinished novelIncomplete literary work
- unfinished tasksWork not yet completed