as in incomplete
lacking some necessary part
the historical record of this pharaoh's life and reign is fragmentary at best
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Recent Examples of fragmentary
As a result, museums around the world hold remarkable artifacts whose backstories are thin, fragmentary or missing altogether.
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Carlo Rindi Nuzzolo,
The Conversation,
13 Feb. 2026
The team found a fragmentary hand stencil on the wall.
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Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
21 Jan. 2026
The dozen or so Denisovan fossils that had been identified since 2010 using DNA were too small and fragmentary to warrant an official species name.
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Katie Hunt,
CNN Money,
26 Dec. 2025
The reality is that for those closest to the epicenter of any murder, healing can be fragmentary, drawn out, or downright elusive.
—
Josh Mankiewicz,
NBC news,
22 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for fragmentary
Carlo Rindi Nuzzolo,
The Conversation,
13 Feb. 2026
The team found a fragmentary hand stencil on the wall.
—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
21 Jan. 2026
The dozen or so Denisovan fossils that had been identified since 2010 using DNA were too small and fragmentary to warrant an official species name.
—
Katie Hunt,
CNN Money,
26 Dec. 2025
The reality is that for those closest to the epicenter of any murder, healing can be fragmentary, drawn out, or downright elusive.
—
Josh Mankiewicz,
NBC news,
22 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for fragmentary
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fragmentary
incomplete
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Reform has proven difficult, sometimes violent, and remains incomplete.
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But this narrative of the USMNT winning formula is, at worst, wrong and at best, incomplete.
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“Fragmentary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fragmentary. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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