Starting and Unfinished

Starting

Starting adjective - Appropriate to the beginning or start of an event.

Unfinished and starting are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Unfinished" instead an adjective "Starting".

Nearby Words: start, started, starter, startup

Unfinished

Unfinished adjective - Not brought to the desired final state.

Starting and unfinished are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Starting" instead an adjective "Unfinished".

Both words in one sentence

  • Anime / Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack Unfinished, Untested, Used Anyway: They were actually just starting the testing phase on the Nu Gundam when Char's Neo Zeon fleet decided on a preemptive attack on the La Cailum.
  • Manly Tears In the third of the Spaceforce novels, Jay breaks down briefly after starting to read the unfinished field report of a murdered fellow agent.
    Source: Manly Tears
  • Manga / Ouran High School Host Club Millennium Snow is Hatori Bisco's previous work that she left unfinished before starting Ouran.
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Unfinished and Starting. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 07, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/starting/unfinished
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