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• The busy orator and mother of two couldn't get around to her unfinished speech.From the entry get around to
• Troubled by her unfinished work, she fell into a fitful sleep.From the entry fitful
• Reliquiae Trotcosienses: Or, the Gabions of the Late Jonathan Oldbuck Esq. of Monkbarns — title of unfinished novel by Walter Scott.From the entry gabion
• The Theogony consists of a cosmogony, a theogony proper, and an unfinished heroogony.2010, Jon Bartley Stewart, editor, Kierkegaard and the Greek World: Aristotle and other Greek authors. From the entry heroogony
• The rear seat areas looked unfinished, waiting for more time to weld in more bulletproofing.2008, Thomas Sherry, Shatter, page 553. From the entry bulletproofing
• Apart from his unfinished essays on his created world, Tolkien drew Middle-earthian plants, textiles, and heraldic designs.2007, Kristin Thompson, The Frodo Franchise: The Lord of the Rings and Modern Hollywood, University of California Press, →ISBN, page 85. From the entry Middle-earthian
• So we eventually listened to the unfinished studio CD through his daughter Eve's ghetto blaster.2005, Michka Assayas, “Faith Versus Luck”, in Bono: In Conversation with Michka Assayas, New York: Riverhead books, →ISBN, page 309. From the entry the shoemaker's children go barefoot
• All the objects left in or near the quarries are unfinished roughcasts.1986, Pierre Vérin, The History of Civilisation in North Madagascar, page 280. From the entry roughcast
• Some essential spadework, on which certain details of the plan will be founded, is yet unfinished.1964 February, “British Railways' passenger plans”, in Modern Railways, page 73. From the entry spadework
• Today he had for bollard the unfinished monument half-erected to some all but forgotten anarchist.1959, Mervyn Peake, Titus Alone. From the entry bollard
• Many of these tied up loose ends around the network - unfinished business left hanging by the last government.2024 November 13, Dickon Ross, “Opinion”, in RAIL, number 1022, page 3. From the entry tie up loose ends
• My stash is mostly unfinished objects on the needles.2021, Julie Cicora, Contemplative Knitting, page 131. From the entry stash
• The unfinished argument which had been smouldering dormantly like some quiescent volcano since Lockyer's day — suddenly boiled over in print.2013, Peter Lancaster Brown, Megaliths, Myths and Men: An Introduction to Astro-Archaeology, page 111. From the entry kindle
• Unfortunately, his version of a chimpanzee painting remains unfinished.1993 October 10, Stuart Morgan, “Confessions of a Body Snatcher: Glenn Brown”, in Frieze, London: Frieze Publishing, →ISSN, →OCLC…. From the entry Augean stables
• Most of the work was still unfinished.1979, Jan Myrdal, translated by Ann Hening, The Silk Road: A Journey from the High Pamirs and Ili through Sinkiang and Kansu, New York…. From the entry Tunhwang
• "If she should discover that I had enlisted with slaves and shopkeepers in the Galilean's fellowship"—Claudia shrugged, left unfinished her observation.1964, LeGette Blythe, Man on Fire, New York, N.Y.: Funk & Wagnalls Company, page 343. From the entry peristylium
• A five-inch suction point (the size of a CD) that will be drilled through the floor in an unfinished storage area or your utility room.2023 January 3, “Radon Mitigation”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), Lincoln, Nebraska: Nebraska Department of Health &…. From the entry suction point
• The dirt floor, low ceiling and unfinished stone walls were barely illuminated by candles and a dim string of green decorative lights.2022 May 19, James Verini, “Surviving the Siege of Kharkiv”, in The New York Times Magazine. From the entry shepherd
• The Chinese and Malays tend to miss off the 's' for plurals from words in English, making it sound quaint and unfinished.2012, Jill Stuart, Headhunt. From the entry miss off
• His neighbours persist in this behaviour: they dump their unfinished dinners (molten broccoli? the stewed remains of infidels?) in unofficial bags the dusties shun.2003, Geoff Cochrane, Vanilla Wine, page 61. From the entry dusty
• In addition, an unfinished article possessing the essential character of the finished article remains classifiable as the finished article when presented unassembled.2002, Customs Bulletin and Decisions, page 42. From the entry finished article
• To end up a woman old before her time, sitting alone in her room with every unfought and unfinished battle still tearing at her heart.1991, Fern Michaels, Texas rich. From the entry unfought
• I gazed uncomprehendedly at the unfinished backside of the wall of the next room and wondered what had happened to my face.1987 June 17, Vic Bubbett, “Rambling Reflections: When a ‘red telephone call’ comes in, it can change one’s life forever and ever”, in The…. From the entry backside
• A few woods, such as cedar and redwood, are prized for their rugged naturalness and they age so beautifully that they are generally left unfinished.1980, Robert M. Jones, editor, Walls and Ceilings, Time-Life Books, →ISBN, page 93. From the entry wood
• Unfinished parts flow downstream from operator to operator, section to section, division to division, until they are assembled, packed and shipped at the stream's end.1962, Charles Rumford Walker, Modern Technology and Civilization: An Introduction to Human Problems in the Machine Age, McGraw-Hill, pages…. From the entry workstream
• Though I was angry with old Cotter for alluding to me as a child I puzzled my head to extract meaning from his unfinished sentences.1904–1907 (date written), James Joyce, “The Sisters”, in Dubliners, London: Grant Richards, published June 1914, →OCLC, page 11. From the entry puzzle
• It is believed 'yarnbombing' originated in Texas, America, with knitters trying to find a creative way to use their leftover and unfinished projects, but it has since spread worldwide.2011 August 18, “Tree-mendous: The astonishing cobweb 'yarnbombing' that took graffiti knitter three months”, in Daily Mail, London: DMG…. From the entry yarn bombing
• Professor Sadler relied heavily on a voluminous work (still unfinished, although some 60 volumes have already been published) by Tokutomi Iichiro, History of the Japanese People in Modern Times.1942, Yamato Ichihashi, "The Maker of Modern Japan by A. L. Sadler" (book review), Pacific Historical Review, vol. 11, no. 1, p. 89. From the entry miscellanist
• No wonder Miss Howard had suggested “hushing it up.” Now I understood that unfinished sentence of hers: “Emily herself——” And in my heart I agreed with her.1920, Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, London: Pan Books, published 1954, page 129. From the entry unavenged
• If marked beauty be absent from the French face, how much more is marked dulness, marked brutality, the lumpishness of the clumsily made and the unfinished!1908, Edith Wharton, A Motor-Flight Through France, Part II, Chapter I, p. 77. From the entry lumpishness

Meaning of unfinished

1. adjective Not completed; unresolved.
2. adjective Not having had any finish or finishing (such as coating or polishing) applied.
3. adjective Not having had any finish carpentry and other finishing (such as painting) applied.

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Questions about unfinished in a sentence

How do you use unfinished in a sentence?

Unfinished is used as an adjective. For example: “The busy orator and mother of two couldn't get around to her unfinished speech.”

What is a short sentence with unfinished?

“Most of the work was still unfinished.”

What does unfinished mean?

Unfinished means not completed; unresolved.