executory.

Remaining to be performed or put into effect rather than already completed.

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Words that belong together

• executory contract
• executory obligation

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The agreement remained executory because required performance was outstanding.

The analysis distinguished an executory obligation from one already discharged.

Usage notes

Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: Normally relational or categorical; comparison only where the particular property admits gradation. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: formal properties, scope and scale, organizational relations, analytic representation. Disciplines: academic writing, formal methods, cross-disciplinary analysis. Commonness: uncommon.