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in the making
adjective as in planned
adjective as in unfinished
Strongest matches
Weak matches
- amateurish
- crude
- cut short
- dabbling
- defective
- deficient
- dilettante
- faulty
- formless
- found wanting
- fragmentary
- half-baked
- half-done
- immature
- imperfect
- in the rough
- lacking
- natural
- not done
- plain
- raw
- rough
- roughhewn
- shapeless
- sketchy
- tentative
- unaccomplished
- unassembled
- uncompleted
- unconcluded
- under construction
- undone
- unexecuted
- unfashioned
- unperfected
- unpolished
- unrefined
- wanting
Example Sentences
Is Potter an England manager in the making?
It was "30 years in the making" because politicians have failed to build affordable units, argues Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow.
Starting this week, San Joaquin Valley farmers are banned from burning agricultural waste in the field, a legislative mandate aimed at improving air quality that has been decades in the making.
The high-profile split — among the longest and most contentious splits in Hollywood history — has been years in the making and four times as long as their marriage.
As it turns out, this moment had been in the making for years.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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