un·fin·ished

(ŭn-fĭn′ĭsht)

adj.

1. Not brought to an end; incomplete: unfinished business.

2. Not having received special processing, such as dyeing or varnishing: unfinished furniture.

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unfinished

(ʌnˈfɪnɪʃt)

adj

1. incomplete or imperfect

2. (Building) (of paint, polish, varnish, etc) without an applied finish; rough

3. (Textiles) (of fabric) unbleached or not processed

4. (Textiles) (of fabric) with a short nap

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un•fin•ished

(ʌnˈfɪn ɪʃt)

adj.

1. not finished; incomplete or unaccomplished.

2. lacking some special finish or surface treatment, as polish or paint.

3. (of cloth) not sheared, dyed, etc., following the looming process.

4. (of worsted) given a slight nap.

[1530–40]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Adj.	1.	unfinished - not brought to the desired final state unpainted - not having a coat of paint or badly in need of a fresh coat; "an unpainted house"; "unpainted furniture" unprocessed - not altered from an original or natural state; "unprocessed commodities" rough, unsmooth - having or caused by an irregular surface; "trees with rough bark"; "rough ground"; "rough skin"; "rough blankets"; "his unsmooth face" finished - (of materials or goods) brought to the desired final state; "a finished product"
	2.	unfinished - not brought to an end or conclusion; "unfinished business"; "the building is still unfinished" finished - ended or brought to an end; "are you finished?"; "gave me the finished manuscript"
	3.	unfinished - lacking a surface finish such as paint; "bare wood"; "unfinished furniture" bare unpainted - not having a coat of paint or badly in need of a fresh coat; "an unpainted house"; "unpainted furniture"

unfinished

adjective

1. incomplete, uncompleted, half-done, lacking, undone, in the making, imperfect, unfulfilled, unaccomplished Jane Austen's unfinished novel

2. natural, rough, raw, bare, crude, unrefined, unvarnished, unpolished unfinished wood ready for you to varnish or paint
natural finished, polished, smooth, refined, varnished, perfected

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unfinished

adjective

Not perfected, elaborated, or completed:

preliminary, rough, sketchy, tentative, unperfected, unpolished.

Translations

nedokončený

ατελείωτος

brut

incompiuto

nedokončan

unfinished

[ˈʌnˈfɪnɪʃt] ADJ → inacabado, sin terminar
I have three unfinished letters → tengo tres cartas por terminar
we have unfinished business → tenemos asuntos pendientes

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

unfinished

[ʌnˈfɪnɪʃt] adj → inachevé(e)
unfinished business → des affaires en suspens

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

unfinished

adj

(= incomplete) → unfertig; work of art → unvollendet; Schubert’s Unfinished → Schuberts Unvollendete f; unfinished business → unerledigte Geschäfte pl; to leave something unfinished → etw unvollendet lassen

(Tech) → unbearbeitet; wood → naturbelassen; unfinished product → Rohprodukt nt

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unfinished

[ʌnˈfɪnɪʃt] adj (task) → non finito/a; (letter) → da finire; (business) → in sospeso; (symphony) → incompiuto/a
I have some unfinished business to attend to → ho un affare in sospeso da regolare

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

unfinished

a. incompleto-a, sin terminar.

English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

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At his request I next collected the other papers--that is to say, the bundle of letters, the unfinished book and the volumes of the Diary-- and enclosed them all in one wrapper, sealed with my own seal.

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WHEN the author of these little tales commenced them, it was her intention to form a short series of such stories as, it was hoped, might not be entirely without moral advantage; but unforeseen circumstances have prevented their completion, and, unwilling to delay the publication any longer, she commits them to the world in their present unfinished state, without any flattering anticipations of their reception.

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It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced.

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The first thing he asked for was the unfinished letter.

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As usual, he left his sentence unfinished. Indeed, whenever he embarked upon anything that in the least exceeded the limits of daily small-talk, he left unfinished what he was saying.

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I can see them now, exactly as they looked, working about the table in the lamplight: Jake with his heavy features, so rudely moulded that his face seemed, somehow, unfinished; Otto with his half-ear and the savage scar that made his upper lip curl so ferociously under his twisted moustache.

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In the middle you shall build me a large hall with a dome, its four walls of massy gold and silver, each side having six windows, whose lattices, all except one, which is to be left unfinished, must be set with diamonds and rubies.

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Out of the high heaven is she summoned, from mystic communion with her own perfection, from majestic labours in the Sistine Chapel of the Stars,--yea, she must put aside her gold-leaf and purples and leave unfinished the very panels of the throne of God,--that Circe shall have her palace, and her worshippers their gilded sty.

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When I was talking on business matters to Stepan Karlovitch, he suddenly exclaimed, for no apparent reason, "Ah, poor old Makar Alexievitch!" and then left the rest unfinished. But I knew what he had in his mind, and blushed so hotly that even the bald patch on my head grew red.

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She had a flat in Westminster, overlooking the unfinished cathedral, and because we lived in the same neighbourhood we felt friendly disposed to one another.

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The servant brought back his tumbler turned upside down,* with an unfinished bit of nibbled sugar, and asked if anything more would be wanted.

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This mythical tale, of which the subject was a history of the wars of the Athenians against the Island of Atlantis, is supposed to be founded upon an unfinished poem of Solon, to which it would have stood in the same relation as the writings of the logographers to the poems of Homer.

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