works in progress
Things still developing
Works in progress are projects that have been started but not yet completed.
The term applies across creative and professional contexts—an unfinished novel, a half-built house, a developing business plan.
People sometimes describe themselves as works in progress, acknowledging ongoing personal growth or improvement: We're all works in progress.
Singular: work in progress.
- unfinished businessIncomplete matters requiring attention
- back burnerPostponed status
- prototypesOriginal test models
- rough draftUnpolished first attempt
- industrial designPlanning manufactured objects' form
interactive exhibits · multimedia installations · rough cut · concept art · storyboard · drawing board · hypothesis · blueprint · pre-production · creative process · installations · technology showcase · manuscript · sketch · avant-garde · sneak peek · unfulfilled · iteration
- progresspromotion, raise, ongoing, advancement, improvement
- artist's studioatelier, art studio, studio space, easel, canvas
- author biobio, biography, headshot, photo, pen name
works in progressfinished products
Manufactured items ready for use
final drafts · masterpieces · end products · published works · final cuts
work, works, working, worked, worker, workers, workable, unworkable, workings