work-in-progress
work-in-progress is the attributive form of work in progress.
Meaning of work in progress
Noun
work in progress (countable and uncountable, plural works in progress)
- Work that has been started, but is not complete.
- All the efforts to make a New Man are still work in progress.
- A project that has been started but is not complete.
- Reorganizing my office is a work in progress.
- Something that is in the process of improving.
- They remain a work in progress but in a match many felt would see the new Arsenal's flaws exposed, Emery and his players can regard this as a highly satisfactory result and performance.2018 November 3, Phil McNulty, “Arsenal 1 - 1 Liverpool”, in BBC Sport
- A portion of inventory that represents goods which are no longer salable as raw materials, but not yet salable as finished goods, work in process.
- Work in progress has dramatically declined due to reduced production cycle times.
- Synonyms:
- work in process
Forms of work-in-progress
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Questions about work-in-progress
- What is work-in-progress the attributive form of?
- Work-in-progress is the attributive form of work in progress.
Words near work-in-progress in the dictionary
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