as in deficient
lacking some necessary part
an incomplete puzzle that has several pieces missing
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Recent Examples of incomplete
In Europe, the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) now requires 11,700 companies to report emissions using these incomplete frameworks.
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Arjun Sharma, IEEE Spectrum, 17 Feb. 2026
Teams such as the Suns spent their way into the apron with an incomplete team and had to deconstruct themselves to get out of the restraints.
—Jason Lloyd, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2026
The facility’s food handler cards were incomplete.
—Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado
february 13, Sacbee.com, 13 Feb. 2026
There’s also a lack of data available from the period that the government was shut down last fall, meaning that assessment of last year’s performance and projections about this year’s decline may be based on insights that could remain incomplete.
—Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 10 Feb. 2026
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Arjun Sharma, IEEE Spectrum, 17 Feb. 2026
Teams such as the Suns spent their way into the apron with an incomplete team and had to deconstruct themselves to get out of the restraints.
—Jason Lloyd, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2026
The facility’s food handler cards were incomplete.
—Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado
february 13, Sacbee.com, 13 Feb. 2026
There’s also a lack of data available from the period that the government was shut down last fall, meaning that assessment of last year’s performance and projections about this year’s decline may be based on insights that could remain incomplete.
—Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 10 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for incomplete
Adjective
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As a result the Red Sox head into 2026 with legitimate playoff aspirations, but also with one of the most power-deficient lineups in baseball.—
Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
15 Feb. 2026
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Pretermissions can take place if a case is incomplete or legally deficient.—
Ximena Bustillo,
NPR,
9 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Even with the partial shutdown of several gates during construction that inhibited Southwest Airlines’ long-term expansion plans here, air travel was robust enough last year to compensate for that.—
Lori Weisberg,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Feb. 2026
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Whether those two weeks will be deemed a last chance or if partial progress could prolong negotiations remains to be determined.—
Timothy Nerozzi,
The Washington Examiner,
18 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Incorrect Scale and Proportion Poor scale is one of the fastest ways to make a room feel unfinished.—
Angelika Pokovba,
Martha Stewart,
15 Feb. 2026
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The first note, brushstroke, or sentence is meaningless; an unfinished first paragraph is humiliating.—
Joshua Rothman,
New Yorker,
13 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Its acoustic arrangements are sparse and her lyrics fragmentary, but the mood is warm and inviting.—
Marissa Lorusso,
Pitchfork,
26 Jan. 2026
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The team found a fragmentary hand stencil on the wall.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
21 Jan. 2026
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 20 Feb. 2026.
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