finished

Examples

• All

• Without significant changes, the once-thriving business is finished and will close soon.

• After the scandal, the politician's career is finished, and he will not recover.

• And voila, you're finished, and now it's time to play dress up.

• If I can't control, if I don't maintain, that's it, I'm finished!

  The Thirst (2007)

• The project is finished, and it cannot be revived after such a significant failure.

Synonyms

D

done for

vsfinished

• Informal

30 7.7

Very likely to fail or die and cannot be saved

is about loss of power or success rather than total end

R

ruined

vsfinished

1 3.1

Badly damaged so it cannot be fixed or returned to how it was before

focuses on loss of success or power rather than physical harm

S

see his last gum tree

vsfinished

• Australian

9.9

To be finished and unable to continue working or succeeding

means loss of influence or ability, not only career finality

D

destroyed

vsfinished

2.8

Very badly damaged and no longer usable, often after a war or storm

covers being no longer successful or powerful rather than only material damage

Antonyms

S

successful

∞ 1.6

You have achieved what you wanted

P

powerful

∞ 1.7

Having great physical strength, like a strong machine or person

T

thriving

6 3.8

Growing and very successful, like a busy café or arts scene

Compounds

H

high-finished look

6.8

A neat, smooth appearance that seems expensive

H

high-finished material

7.2

A material with a smooth, shiny surface that looks refined

How Ruined

ruined

1 3.1

finished

• Informal

1 4.4

damaged

1 1.1

in trouble

∞ 2.9

intact

304 3.7

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology