1.
unfinished; incomplete; pending
Used in business and administrative contexts to describe tasks or matters not yet completed.
この案件はまだ未了だ。
This matter is still pending.
未了の手続きを早めに済ませてください。
Please complete the outstanding procedures as soon as possible.
工事が未了のまま放置されている建物がある。
There are buildings left abandoned with construction unfinished.
Composed of 未 (not yet) + 了 (completion). A formal word used in business, legal, and administrative settings to indicate that something remains incomplete or unresolved.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 未了の案件: pending matter
- 未了の手続き: outstanding procedures
- 審議未了: deliberation not completed
- 工事未了: construction incomplete
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 未完: unfinished (especially creative works like novels or paintings)
- 未済: unsettled, unpaid (financial contexts)
- 未完了: incomplete (grammatical term or general use)
- 途中: in progress, midway (more neutral and conversational)