half-finished
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Once passionate about art studies, Clare abandoned a half-finished dissertation to become a parent and now finds that the thrill she once felt about fine paintings is gone.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 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
For sanity’s sake, I focus on one recipe at a time — bring it to the point of simmering, then move on — rather than juggling three half-finished soups and risking culinary chaos.
From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2025
The 69-year-old still remembers the first time he stepped into the half-finished Opera House, as a wide-eyed child.
From BBC ● Jun. 21, 2025
There was a dress form in another corner of the room, a half-finished pattern still pinned to the body.
From "A Very Large Expanse of Sea" by Tahereh Mafi
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
