Continuing
Continuing adjective - Going on and on without any interruptions.
Finished is an antonym for continuing.
Finished
Finished adjective - Brought or having come to an end.
Usage example: the frosting isn't finished until you've added all of the decorative roses
Continuing is an antonym for finished.
Both words in one sentence
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Despite the ninth series ending with the intention of the show continuing, the show was cancelled a short while after it finished.Came sixtieth in Britain's Best Sitcom.Provides Examples Of: Adorkable: Jonny.
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Being Nightwing, he wasted no time in asking him if he learned that on TV before pointing out that he just ejected a perfectly good round for no reason and then finished by continuing to cock the gun until all the ammunition had been ejected.
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Due to DADT, the school's staff finding out about the fact that the two are in love serves as their 'death;' no one actually dies in the film, but they'll both be kicked out of school and any hope of continuing their military careers (including Romeo's dream of West Point) is finished.
Source: Theatre / Romeo and Juliet
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