nonfinished

Nonfinished is an English adjective and, less commonly, a noun used to describe something that has not been completed or brought to its final form. The form nonfinished is relatively rare compared with unfinished or incomplete, and stylistic guides often prefer those more common terms. When used as a noun, nonfinished items refer to goods, works, or tasks that remain in a state short of completion.

In manufacturing and logistics, non-finished goods are typically treated as work in progress, awaiting further processing, inspection, or finishing steps before they can be sold. Classifying items as finished or non-finished helps planners manage capacity, inventory turnover, and lead times.

In art and design, nonfinished works may be created deliberately to emphasize process, ambiguity, or potential for development. In sculpture, painting, or graphics, leaving a piece nonfinished can be a deliberate aesthetic choice as much as a constraint of access to materials or time. In software development, features described as nonfinished indicate areas that are not yet implemented, tested, or stabilized and are tracked as tasks in roadmaps or issue trackers.

Nonfinished is related to unfinished, in progress, and draft; it is primarily a descriptive label rather than a formal category in most disciplines. The term appears most often in general writing and specific contexts such as inventory or production discussions rather than as a technical standard.