work-in-progress

noun

1. accounting the value of work begun but not completed, as shown in a profit-and-loss account

Example Sentences

The filmmaker said that he allowed Stewart to see work-in-progress versions of the documentary “three or four times” and “engaged in thoughtful conversations with her and her team about it.”

From Los Angeles Times

The stark truth in this instance is this report is at best a work-in-progress, long in progress - with many still waiting to see changes in governance, regulation, culture, attitude and indeed criminal justice all these years on.

From BBC

Reading your book, it’s obvious that you didn’t arrive at body acceptance overnight, and that it’s still a work-in-progress.

From Los Angeles Times

After every encounter he orchestrates as shy, wily “Sebastian,” he dutifully sits down at his desk to add yet another chapter to his work-in-progress novel: a story about an unabashedly confident sex worker called Sebastian.

From Los Angeles Times

But more consequentially, it still has the feeling of a work-in-progress, a musical oozing with potential but still a few drafts away from its ideal form.

From Los Angeles Times