pending

About 4.23 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb present participle and gerund of pend
2. adjective Awaiting a conclusion or a confirmation.
3. adjective Begun but not completed.
4. adjective About to happen; imminent or impending.
5. preposition While waiting for something; until.

   Pending the outcome of the investigation, the police officer is suspended from duty.

6. preposition During.

   Pending the investigation, the police officer is suspended from duty.

Similar words

unfinished unanswered uncollected unliquidated unmet unsolved unresolved undelivered unpaid undetermined

Often followed by

the in before a appeal further or at against