work in progress

noun

Definitions

  1. Work that has been started, but is not complete.

    • All the efforts to make a New Man are still work in progress.
  2. A project that has been started but is not complete.

    • Reorganizing my office is a work in progress.
    • Refurbishing Okehampton station, kept basically sound under ownership by Devon Council, remains a work in progress and scheduled for completion next spring.
  3. Something that is in the process of improving.

    • They remain a work in progress but in a match many felt would see the new Arsenal's flaws exposed, Emery and his players can regard this as a highly satisfactory result and performance.
  4. + 1 more definition
    1. A portion of inventory that represents goods which are no longer salable as raw…

      A portion of inventory that represents goods which are no longer salable as raw materials, but not yet salable as finished goods, work in process.

      • Work in progress has dramatically declined due to reduced production cycle times.

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