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half-finished

British  

adjective

  1. only partially completed

    a half-finished jigsaw puzzle

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Looking at you, Avengers Campus, a half-finished land with a bombastic orchestral score and familiar, urban design that wouldn’t be out of place in downtown L.A.

From Los Angeles Times

Jonah hadn’t been able to concentrate on homework—not enough to do it, and certainly not enough to put it all in a tidy stack—so he had a half-finished math sheet sliding into the paper giving instructions for his next language arts paragraph sliding into a sheet announcing the school’s Halloween dance.

From Literature

On the large table is a half-finished jigsaw puzzle of kittens in a knitting basket.

From Literature

She pointed at the half-finished symbol on the screen and at the one drawn in marker on Coal’s backpack.

From Literature

My half-finished coop frame sits under a tarp.

From Literature