UNFINISHED Synonyms: 17 Similar and Opposite Words

unfinished

adjective

Definition of unfinished

as in native

not completed They sell unfinished furniture at the flea market.

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Recent Examples of unfinished His family started with an unfinished basement storage space. — Wakisha Bailey, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026 The company claimed an unfinished code left in the system, part of a prank, led to the crash. — Senior Television, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026 Tasks that belonged together had become separate obligations, each carrying the emotional weight of an unfinished thing. — Morissa Schwartz, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026 Construction was completed in 2014, but the bridge remained unused for years because connecting roads and border facilities on the North Korean side were unfinished. — Gage Goulding, CNN Money, 15 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for unfinished

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So Nvidia and some of its largest customers proposed a new design, skipping several conversions and distributing power inside the building not through typical AC but through DC, the native form the chips want anyway.

— Alex Pasternack, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
And in some areas, hunting is an important tool for managing animal populations and reducing damage to native ecosystems.

— Amber Harding OutKick, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of native

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One young fashion photographer who made a name for himself at indie mags like i-D with his unpolished images of a teenage Kate Moss, was Juergen Teller.

— Sheena McKenzie, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2026
But in an age where AI-assisted writing is becoming increasingly ubiquitous, the distinctly unpolished text has its own charm.

— Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of unpolished

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The decision to set that tone staggering through all 10 minutes of the extended cut might scan as raw inspiration, placing Spacemen 3 on a narrow band from La Monte Young and Terry Riley to some brilliant dro)))ne future.

— Gabriel Szatan, Pitchfork, 18 Oct. 2026
Phillip Gong Gong, my grandfather, teased her, chewing the gristly meat and semi-raw cabbage chunks.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2026

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