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unended

unended

1 6.0
Not finished and still going on
  • adjective
  • /ʌnˈɛndɪd/
translation icon : sin fin
  • Her thoughts remained unended, swirling around without resolution.

Examples

  • When I heard it could be the last one, I rewatched it and... well, I cursed the writers for leaving it unended in that manner, lol.

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  • The meeting felt unended, with many issues still on the table for discussion.

  • The story left us feeling unended, as if there was more to be told.

Synonyms

unconcluded
vsunended
6.6

Not finished or decided yet

is about absence of an end or conclusion rather than a decision

Antonyms

finished
2 1.0

Complete and no longer needing work

ended
1 1.0

Finished and no longer happening

How Finished

finished
2 1.0
unended
1 6.0
unfinished
132 2.7
incomplete
117 3.4

Surface Forms

unended positive

Morphology

unended = ended (transparent) = un + end + ed

Formed by adding the negative prefix 'un-' to the adjective 'ended', yielding a straightforward negation 'not ended'.

Etymology

The word unended is made from un- ('not') and end ('finish'). So unended means 'not finished', like a road or a story that keeps going with no final stop.