semifinished

Examples

• All

• Many manufacturers are looking for semifinished products to expedite the production process.

• The artist used a semifinished sculpture as a basis for his final masterpiece.

• During the same period, 56 percent and 51 percent of parts and semifinished products, respectively, also came from Taiwan (see table 6).

  Academic text (1999)

Synonyms

P

partial

vssemifinished

203 3.4

Not complete and only in some parts

describes completion in processing toward a final usable form

U

unfinished

vssemifinished

132 2.7

Not complete and still needing work

stresses remaining processing and lack of final usability rather than mere incompletion

I

incomplete

vssemifinished

117 3.4

Not finished because some parts or steps are missing

focuses on being partly processed and not yet in usable form

H

half-done

vssemifinished

6 3.4

Only partly finished and not ready to use

emphasizes partial processing with remaining steps before usable form

S

semistate

vssemifinished

1 8.4

A condition that is partly complete and not fully working

highlights partial processing that prevents reaching a final usable state

S

semi-processed

vssemifinished

4.9

Partly prepared and not yet ready to use

focuses on partial processing that leaves the item not ready for use

S

semideveloped

vssemifinished

• Specialized

7.4

Photo film or paper only partly finished so pictures look faint

applies more generally to partial processing before final usable form

U

uncompleted

vssemifinished

4.0

Not finished and still needing more work

specifies partial processing that leaves the item unusable for its purpose

How Complete

finished

2 1.0

semifinished

4.4

unfinished

132 2.7

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology