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单词 unfinishable
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unfinishableadj.

Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: unˈfinishable.
(un- prefix1 1b.)
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the world > action or operation > completing > non-completion > [adjective] > not able to be finished or completed
unfinishablea1739
a1739 C. Jarvis tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote (1742) I. i. i. 2 He commended in his author the concluding his book with a promise of that unfinishable adventure.
1835 J. L. Motley Let. 27 July in Corr. (1889) I. iii. 59 I thought..of strange, unfinished, unfinishable buildings.
1878 T. Sinclair Mount 166 Faust..ever remains a torso unfinishable.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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