Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Unfinished; uncompleted: Describes a task, project, or activity that has been started but not brought to a proper conclusion or endpoint.
   • Incomplete; left hanging: Refers to a state where something is partially done, often implying an interruption or a lack of closure.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Công trình xây dựng này vẫn còn dang dở. (This construction project is still unfinished.)
  • Câu chuyện của họ kết thúc một cách dang dở. (Their story ended in an incomplete manner.)
  • Tôi có một bức thư dang dở trong ngăn kéo. (I have an unfinished letter in the drawer.)

Advanced Usage

• The word often carries a connotation of regret, interruption, or a lack of fulfillment, not just a neutral description of an incomplete state.
  • Mối tình dang dở: an unfinished/unfulfilled love affair.
  • Sự nghiệp dang dở: an uncompleted career (often due to unforeseen circumstances).

Variants and Related Words

• Dở dang: This is a variant form with the same meaning and usage as "dang dở."
  • Kế hoạch còn dở dang. (The plan is still incomplete.)

Synonyms

• Unfinished: Not finished or concluded.
• Incomplete: Lacking some part; not whole.
• Pending: Awaiting decision or completion.
• Half-done: Only partially completed.

Related Idioms and Phrases

• Để dang dở: To leave something unfinished.
  • Anh ấy đã để dự án dang dở khi chuyển công tác. (He left the project unfinished when he transferred jobs.)
• Tình cảm dang dở: Unresolved feelings; an emotional situation without closure.

adj

1. unfinished; uncompleted