"finished article" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "finished articles",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "finished article (plural finished articles)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "73 27",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "67 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "86 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2022 October 1, Phil McNulty, “Arsenal 3-1 Tottenham: Gunners show identity & direction in outstanding derby win”, in BBC Sport:",
          "text": "Saliba, meanwhile, has returned to Arsenal looking like the finished article after the 21-year-old France defender spent loan spells at Saint-Etienne, Nice and Marseille. He has been imperious since the opening game at Brentford, establishing a formidable partnership with Gabriel.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Something that is of top quality; something that does not require any work or adjustments."
      ],
      "id": "en-finished_article-en-noun-~A-vjG70",
      "links": [
        [
          "quality",
          "quality"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1987, The Missouri Archaeologist - Volumes 48-50, page 131:",
          "text": "These should be numbered consecutively and inserted where they are to appear in the finished article.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2002, Customs Bulletin and Decisions, page 42:",
          "text": "In addition, an unfinished article possessing the essential character of the finished article remains classifiable as the finished article when presented unassembled.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see finished, article."
      ],
      "id": "en-finished_article-en-noun-vkU0gG1v",
      "links": [
        [
          "finished",
          "finished#English"
        ],
        [
          "article",
          "article#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "finished article"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English nouns",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "finished articles",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "finished article (plural finished articles)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2022 October 1, Phil McNulty, “Arsenal 3-1 Tottenham: Gunners show identity & direction in outstanding derby win”, in BBC Sport:",
          "text": "Saliba, meanwhile, has returned to Arsenal looking like the finished article after the 21-year-old France defender spent loan spells at Saint-Etienne, Nice and Marseille. He has been imperious since the opening game at Brentford, establishing a formidable partnership with Gabriel.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Something that is of top quality; something that does not require any work or adjustments."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "quality",
          "quality"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1987, The Missouri Archaeologist - Volumes 48-50, page 131:",
          "text": "These should be numbered consecutively and inserted where they are to appear in the finished article.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2002, Customs Bulletin and Decisions, page 42:",
          "text": "In addition, an unfinished article possessing the essential character of the finished article remains classifiable as the finished article when presented unassembled.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see finished, article."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "finished",
          "finished#English"
        ],
        [
          "article",
          "article#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "finished article"
}