1. not being the last or concluding part; intermediate or preliminary
Usage: often used in academic or technical contexts

Examples

• The nonfinal draft still needs several revisions before submission.
• Students received nonfinal grades that could change based on their final exam performance.
• The committee made a nonfinal decision pending further review.
• All nonfinal versions of the document were marked as drafts.
• The nonfinal results showed promising trends in the data.
• Her nonfinal answer was close but required additional calculation.