as in deficient
lacking some necessary part
an incomplete puzzle that has several pieces missing
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Recent Examples of incomplete
In it, Sarah (Driver) feels incomplete without the child that has been promised to her and her husband, Abraham (Donovan), by God.
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Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 16 July 2025
LLMs have no inherent sense of what is true, and so false or incomplete information will be reproduced as fact.
—Cecilia Hult, Fortune, 15 July 2025
Hope Florida, the First Lady’s signature initiative, appears disorganized at best, with poor planning, incomplete records and no clear operational transparency.
—Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 July 2025
My trip to Bengaluru was incomplete without meeting her.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 14 July 2025
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Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 16 July 2025
LLMs have no inherent sense of what is true, and so false or incomplete information will be reproduced as fact.
—Cecilia Hult, Fortune, 15 July 2025
Hope Florida, the First Lady’s signature initiative, appears disorganized at best, with poor planning, incomplete records and no clear operational transparency.
—Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 July 2025
My trip to Bengaluru was incomplete without meeting her.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 14 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for incomplete
Adjective
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How the Braves unraveled In hindsight, the Atlanta Braves’ offseason looks rather deficient.—
Ken Rosenthal,
New York Times,
11 July 2025
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On appeal the Circuit Court ordered the Zoning Board to reconsider the case again, finding the Board’s second decision also legally deficient.—
Todd Karpovich,
Baltimore Sun,
10 July 2025
Adjective
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Ford is counting on offering a variety of powertrain choices such as extended range electric vehicles, partial zero emissions vehicles and a full range of hybrids across its lineup, to win over consumers, according to Farley.—
Leah Olajide,
Freep.com,
2 Aug. 2025
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In April, Trump stunned global markets with a blanket 10% tariff hike, followed by a pause, and then a partial reinstatement.—
Spriha Srivastava,
CNBC,
1 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The visitor complex, based in Brevard County, was listed at No. 3 worldwide, trailing only Barcelona’s La Sagrada Familia, the largest unfinished Catholic church in the world, and the famed Eiffel Tower in Paris.—
Dewayne Bevil,
The Orlando Sentinel,
29 July 2025
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While the movie doesn’t open in movie theaters until Nov. 7, Comic-Con fans got a sneak peek at an unfinished cut of the film’s first 15 minutes.—
Angelique Jackson,
Variety,
26 July 2025
Adjective
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Kosinski, who filmed actual F1 contests, scores on atmosphere but stages the races in a way that’s fragmentary and at times confusing, without giving us a clear enough picture of how each driver is trying to maneuver.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
17 June 2025
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But while scientists have since identified other fragmentary remains, it’s never been enough to fully put a face to the name—despite the fact that Denisovans passed on some of their genes to modern day Melanesian people.—
Margherita Bassi,
Smithsonian Magazine,
24 June 2025
Adjective
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The plume is made of three things: (1) steam - a lot of it; (2) ash - fine, fragmental pieces of silicate glass, not stuff from your backyard BBQ (which is burned carbon); (3) volcanic gases like CO2, SO2, H2S and others.—
Erik Klemetti,
Discover Magazine,
22 May 2011
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This would generate a cloud of hot gases and fragmental volcanic material, which could then move downslope gravitationally.—
Erik Klemetti,
Discover Magazine,
12 Apr. 2011
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“Incomplete.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incomplete. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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