unfinished

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The actor stars in Steven Soderbergh’s clever drama as an artist whose children arrange the forgery of his unfinished works to ensure themselves an inheritance.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

Writer Justin Young, who has adapted Crookhaven for the screen, tells the BBC his "big project" before this show was Sanditon, which attempted to complete an unfinished Jane Austen novel.

From BBC • Mar. 21, 2026

At first glance that structure looks unfinished, a stack of six white boxes hastily heaped up at a shoe store on inventory day.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

His parting message was about unfinished business at the Fed.

From Barron's • Feb. 24, 2026

As he had hoped, he was looking out into the unfinished passageway where he had been surprised by Nadia Vole.

From "Stormbreaker" by Anthony Horowitz