unfinished business. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Size: 3,010 square feet (plus 1,000 more in unfinished basement). From Wordnik.com. [Second homes: New Yorkers escape to the Hudson Valley] Reference
They are plain unfinished pine with visible screws, nuts and it's really, really short. From Wordnik.com. [The First Thing You See In A Room, 2] Reference
He rubbed his knee, swallowed painfully, and, leaving the word unfinished, limped haughtily from the room. From Wordnik.com. [The Flirt] Reference
The game is for each of the company, in turn, to add a letter to it, keeping the word unfinished as long as possible. From Wordnik.com. [Games For All Occasions] Reference
When I wrote by day, often suddenly interrupted, I left the word unfinished, and He afterward gave me what He pleased. From Wordnik.com. [The Autobiography of Madame Guyon] Reference
"Where's the captain of this -- --?" and he left the phrase unfinished, finding no epithet sufficiently energetic for his thoughts. From Wordnik.com. [The Wrecker] Reference
So the idea of letting strangers see your work unfinished is as horrifying to most writers as going out in public without your trousers. From Wordnik.com. [Jonathan Franzen's pulped fiction] Reference
Such small things make the book look unfinished, which is never good. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-06-01] Reference
But her passengers would not know how to call the unfinished new colony. From Wordnik.com. [The Other Side Of Nowhere]
He's living there again, but said some minor storm repairs remain unfinished. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com] Reference
It's called unfinished business and the Ravens took care of some of that yesterday. From Wordnik.com. [Blog updates] Reference
When Siegfried returns and finds the fire low, the dwarf idle, and the sword unfinished, he angrily demands an explanation. From Wordnik.com. [Stories of the Wagner Opera] Reference
He recalled the unfinished piece of work on his desk, and for a moment had the odd illusion that it was there before him. From Wordnik.com. [The Custom of the Country] Reference
But realised she was jeopardising her life and recalled unfinished job of her aunt Joanne who died at 19, reported femalefirst. co.uk. From Wordnik.com. [Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7] Reference
But since you say it is "unfinished", I give it a nine. From Wordnik.com. [Dishes in the Cupboard] Reference
They were a kind of unfinished ruins, that you could enter trespassing. From Wordnik.com. [Ballardian » 'Like Alice in Wonderland': Solveig Nordlund on J.G. Ballard] Reference
Unfortunately, you and I symbolize the 'unfinished' nature of the debate. From Wordnik.com. [Harper Says 'Jump' - Premier Wall Asks 'How High'? - Saskatchewan Drops Equalization Court Challenge] Reference
Perhaps this book should end with an incomplete sentence, a kind of unfinished symphony. From Wordnik.com. [THE HISTORY OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN CONGRESS OF TRADE UNIONS] Reference
You have touched on a tender subject that many of us can't give up: the story of "unfinished" projects. From Wordnik.com. [Things Done; Love Reclaimed] Reference
The rest of the house is in various states of 'unfinished' from splintery pine floors to wallpaperless, paintless walls. From Wordnik.com. [Good Housekeeping: Totally Slobtastic Slackermom Edition] Reference
It would be great to have Hillary Clinton actually succeed in had kind of unfinished business that she started in the '90s. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 7, 2008] Reference
I prefer 'rough and 'unfinished' pieces and 'beauty within ugliness' This is my inspiration for every current piece I create. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-05-01] Reference
I’m interested to see more from the film, but right now much of the movie’s special effects-heavy sequences remain unfinished. From Wordnik.com. [A Visit to the Editing Room of The Sorcerer’s Apprentice | /Film] Reference
As Philip Kemp points out, there has been some debate as to how "unfinished" the forty-odd minutes of Partie de Campagne actually are. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2005-11-01] Reference
That said, 7 is still "unfinished" by a large margin. From Wordnik.com. [freshnews.org - most clicked links] Reference
Nobody left more "unfinished" work than Michael Angelo. From Wordnik.com. [Donatello, by Lord Balcarres] Reference
How cutting edge is that (or is that just 'unfinished'?). From Wordnik.com. [The Blog Herald] Reference
Tracy said that the two have "unfinished" business to tend to at the Brickyard. From Wordnik.com. [FastMachines.com] Reference
I am hating that book so much currently that it's on my "unfinished" list for 2008. From Wordnik.com. [MetaFilter Projects] Reference
The lyrics are often have an 'unfinished' air to them; the worst culprit by far being the atrocious. From Wordnik.com. [The Music Fix] Reference
Distractions such as unfinished work, social commitments or tiredness might get in the way later in the day. From Wordnik.com. [EzineArticles] Reference
Looking at Google's offerings -- other than search -- don't they generally feel kind of unfinished and rough?. From Wordnik.com. [TechNewsWorld] Reference
· When editing a net job remotely, its status (especially the "unfinished" state) was not always properly updated. From Wordnik.com. [Softpedia - Windows - All] Reference
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