unbegun
7.4
Not yet started
- adjective
- /ˌʌn.bɪˈɡʌn/
:
no comenzado
- With the deadline approaching, the report was still unbegun and needed immediate attention.
Examples
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Gentle nights, then raw nights, flickering nocturnal sequences, sleepless nights, unbegun and unfinished.
Fiction book (1997) -
All seemed unfinished, unbegun.
Fiction book (1997) -
The project remains unbegun despite the team's enthusiasm to start.
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Many ideas for the new campaign were unbegun, waiting for direction from the management.
Synonyms
How Started
Surface Forms
unbegun positive
Morphology
unbegun = begun (transparent) = un + begun
A straightforward negative formation: 'un-' + 'begun' = 'not begun' (not started), which is directly derivable by learners.
Etymology
Unbegun breaks into un- 'not' and begun, from begin 'to start', so it simply means 'not started' or 'not yet begun'. Use this for plans, projects, or work that have not begun yet.