Native
Native adjective - Being such as found in nature and not altered by processing or refining.
Usage example: diamonds in their native state are not the bright, flashy gems that one might imagine
Unfinished and native are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Unfinished" instead an adjective "Native".
Unfinished
Unfinished adjective - Not brought to the desired final state.
Native and unfinished are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Native" instead an adjective "Unfinished".
Both words in one sentence
- The Polish version of Unfinished Business actually gives him a speech pattern which is completely different (since he is speaking his native language now), but still remains believable.
Source: Eloquent in My Native Tongue -
The Polish version of Unfinished Business understandably makes him eloquent in his, well, native tongue.
Source: Video Game / Jagged Alliance - In Tolkien's Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth, specifically in the "Aldarion and Erendis: The Mariner's Wife" tale, the titular character, prince Aldarion, leaves his native island for several years, many times.
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Unfinished and Native. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 07, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/native/unfinished
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Unfinished or Native. 2016. Accessed August 07, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/native/unfinished.
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