Finished and Ongoing

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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
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Ongoing is an antonym for finished.
Nearby Words: finish, finishing, finisher

Ongoing

Ongoing adjective - Existing or in progress right now.
Usage example: the ongoing presidential campaign
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Finished is an antonym for ongoing.
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  • Status: Mendacity and Discord are finished and the ongoing Kismet is in progress.
    Source: Fanfic Recs / Thor
  • Atlantis However, Plato never seems to have finished the story, so exactly why he imagined the gods intervened in such a cataclysmic way in an ongoing war between Atlantis and everyone else remains unknown.
    Source: Atlantis
  • Fan favorites include his ongoing Batman story now well into its sequel and his finished Matrix story.
    Source: Fanfic Recs / Kim Possible
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