uncompleted
adjective
un·com·plet·ed
ˌən-kəm-ˈplē-təd 
: not brought to an end or to the desired final state : not completed
an uncompleted portrait/project
an uncompleted crossword puzzle
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The cancellation left only two uncompleted ships still under construction after the expenditure of $5.5 billion and a continuing commitment to spend $3 billion more.
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Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2026
In some cases, bold new projects have ended with buildings being returned to their previous states and uses, others remain uncompleted, and an unfortunate few have been condemned to be demolished.
—Alberto Piernas Medina, Architectural Digest, 7 Oct. 2025
When Taofeek was taken from us in 1999, his school uniform, bag, and shoes were discovered by what was then an uncompleted building.
—Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025
Given his erratic career, punctuated by long hiatuses and abounding in uncompleted, delayed, and jinxed projects—his filmography teems with the abject terms inachevé and non tourné (unfinished and unmade)—the final verdict remains inconclusive.
—James Quandt, The New York Review of Books, 31 July 2025
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Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2026
In some cases, bold new projects have ended with buildings being returned to their previous states and uses, others remain uncompleted, and an unfortunate few have been condemned to be demolished.
—Alberto Piernas Medina, Architectural Digest, 7 Oct. 2025
When Taofeek was taken from us in 1999, his school uniform, bag, and shoes were discovered by what was then an uncompleted building.
—Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025
Given his erratic career, punctuated by long hiatuses and abounding in uncompleted, delayed, and jinxed projects—his filmography teems with the abject terms inachevé and non tourné (unfinished and unmade)—the final verdict remains inconclusive.
—James Quandt, The New York Review of Books, 31 July 2025
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“Uncompleted.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/uncompleted. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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