as in deficient
lacking some necessary part
an incomplete puzzle that has several pieces missing
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Recent Examples of incomplete
Yet each also reveals how incomplete our map of the territory remains.
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Matthew Hutson, IEEE Spectrum, 22 Sep. 2025
Auburn believed Sategna had caught the pass before losing control, but after review, officials ruled it incomplete.
—Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 21 Sep. 2025
Sagapolutele’s incomplete pass to tight end Landon Morris marked the first time all season the Bears failed to score points in the red zone.
—Jeff Faraudo, Mercury News, 21 Sep. 2025
But, the depth beyond what the best lineup would like if everyone is healthy looks … incomplete.
—Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 21 Sep. 2025
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Matthew Hutson, IEEE Spectrum, 22 Sep. 2025
Auburn believed Sategna had caught the pass before losing control, but after review, officials ruled it incomplete.
—Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 21 Sep. 2025
Sagapolutele’s incomplete pass to tight end Landon Morris marked the first time all season the Bears failed to score points in the red zone.
—Jeff Faraudo, Mercury News, 21 Sep. 2025
But, the depth beyond what the best lineup would like if everyone is healthy looks … incomplete.
—Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 21 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for incomplete
Adjective
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Miami’s edge rushers also have been deficient against the run this season.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
28 Sep. 2025
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However, people with iron-deficient anemia will need a higher dose, as directed by their physician.—
Kristine Thomason,
Vogue,
24 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The department has requested copies of voter rolls, often with nonpublic information like partial Social Security numbers, from dozens of states.—
Erin Mansfield,
USA Today,
26 Sep. 2025
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Quality testing lab to come The project opened with partial demolition of structures in 2022.—
Frederick Melo,
Twin Cities,
26 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Some are unfinished, their massive pedestals hinting at what would’ve been.—
Barry Neild,
CNN Money,
23 Sep. 2025
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Think formfitting denim pantsuits with oversize patch pockets stretching past the bottom hem; jeans with raw, unfinished hemlines, or dressy, slightly masculine shirts reconfigured as wrap tops to be layered under cropped cardigans.—
Martino Carrera,
Footwear News,
23 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The fragmentary Ni 12501 tablet from the Early Dynastic III period of Mesopotamia breaks off when Fox deceives the inhabitants of the netherworld in his quest to retrieve the storm god Ishkur.—
Rafil Kroll-Zaidi,
Harpers Magazine,
19 Sep. 2025
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Using a fragmentary, collage-like approach that unites characters from different eras, from the turn of the 20th century to the post–World World II era to the years of GDR rule and on to the present, Schilinski treats history like a constant haunting.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
5 Aug. 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,
WIRED,
12 Apr. 2011
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“Incomplete.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incomplete. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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