1
: entirely done
Are you finished yet?
: brought to a completed state
reviewing a finished manuscript
a finished job
To keep a finished drawing from being smeared or soiled, spray it with a fixative.—
Reader's Digest Crafts & Hobbies
Reader's Digest Crafts & HobbiesConverting inputs into finished goods and services is the essential function of every economic organization.—Michael Rothschild
Michael Rothschilda house with a finished basement/attic [=a basement/attic that has floors, ceilings, and walls like the rooms in the main part of the house]
2
: provided with a finish : having a final treatment or coating on the surface
a shop that sells finished oak furniture
finished wood flooring
3
: marked by the highest quality : consummate
finished workmanship
Examples of finished in a Sentence
He started his homework two hours ago and he still isn't finished.
I'll wait here until you're finished.
The job is finally finished.
We were pleased with the finished product.
We're finished! I never want to see you again!
She says she's finished with that guy.
This scandal means that his career is finished.
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While the raw jade material in her jewelry is from Myanmar, the finished products are imported from China.
—Hannah Lang and Judith Langowski, USA Today, 19 Apr. 2025
The Canadiens are not a finished product, far from it, but this represents an important step for one of the youngest teams in the league, one that had grown tired of losing and decided to do something about it.
—Arpon Basu, New York Times, 17 Apr. 2025
My job involved taking a frying pan cover off a conveyor belt, using a press to punch a hole, attaching a fly wheel and returning the finished product to the conveyor belt.
—Chicago Tribune, 16 Apr. 2025
Put a guitar in the hands of an artist like Eddie Van Halen, Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix or Tom Morello and you have a template, not a finished product.
—Steve Baltin, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
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Hannah Lang and Judith Langowski, USA Today, 19 Apr. 2025
The Canadiens are not a finished product, far from it, but this represents an important step for one of the youngest teams in the league, one that had grown tired of losing and decided to do something about it.
—Arpon Basu, New York Times, 17 Apr. 2025
My job involved taking a frying pan cover off a conveyor belt, using a press to punch a hole, attaching a fly wheel and returning the finished product to the conveyor belt.
—Chicago Tribune, 16 Apr. 2025
Put a guitar in the hands of an artist like Eddie Van Halen, Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix or Tom Morello and you have a template, not a finished product.
—Steve Baltin, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for finished
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“Finished.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/finished. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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