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half-finished

British  

adjective

  1. only partially completed

    a half-finished jigsaw puzzle

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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And when you try to do all three at once, it’s very easy to lose momentum and end up surrounded by a constellation of half-finished projects.

From Salon Mar. 19, 2026

The sun is setting over Ilubirin, a half-finished housing estate being constructed on sand-filled land reclaimed from the swampy Lagos lagoon.

From Barron's Dec. 22, 2025

None of this prevents “Champagne Problems” from being as sticky as a half-finished candy cane.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 19, 2025

The metaphor feels almost too obvious, the iron-and-brick facade of a half-finished, $200-million football palace looming over Howard Jones Field.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 30, 2025

I smile, pick up the half-finished GoFast bar sitting on my lap, and take a bite.

From "Paper Towns" by John Green

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