as in deficient
lacking some necessary part
an incomplete puzzle that has several pieces missing
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Sourcing Journal, 12 June 2025
Also, your bladder becomes overfilled to accommodate a large volume of urine and is less efficient in emptying, which leads to incomplete bladder emptying and possibly even urinary tract infections.
—Sara Reardon, Flow Space, 10 June 2025
That is a simplistic and incomplete description of an entire political party whose nominee won 48% of the vote in the November election.
—Michael Graham, Boston Herald, 6 June 2025
From ships to jets, Hong Kong’s story as an aviation hub would be incomplete without Cathay Pacific Airways.
—H.m.a. Leow, JSTOR Daily, 6 June 2025
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Sourcing Journal, 12 June 2025
Also, your bladder becomes overfilled to accommodate a large volume of urine and is less efficient in emptying, which leads to incomplete bladder emptying and possibly even urinary tract infections.
—Sara Reardon, Flow Space, 10 June 2025
That is a simplistic and incomplete description of an entire political party whose nominee won 48% of the vote in the November election.
—Michael Graham, Boston Herald, 6 June 2025
From ships to jets, Hong Kong’s story as an aviation hub would be incomplete without Cathay Pacific Airways.
—H.m.a. Leow, JSTOR Daily, 6 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for incomplete
Adjective
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Night trains generally were also found to be deficient in bicycle storage space.—
Tanya Mohn,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2025
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This Sun team is simply deficient on both ends of the floor and ranks last in points, rebounds and assists per game.—
Devin Robertson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 June 2025
Adjective
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Trump issued partial travel suspensions for foreign nationals from Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan and Venezuela.—
Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy,
USA Today,
13 June 2025
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Panthers take first penalty, Edmonton gets its first goal Seconds after Edmonton defenseman Evan Bouchard air mailed a partial breakaway, he got slashed by Sam Bennett.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
13 June 2025
Adjective
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Big-ticket items included Lynch's own copies of the Lost Highway screenplay and separately, a set of unfinished screenplays for Ronnie Rocket.—
Emma Bowman,
NPR,
23 June 2025
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The home inspection report said that some of the pipes visible in an unfinished area don’t have any insulation around them.—
The Washington Post,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
21 June 2025
Adjective
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Told in a fragmentary narrative filled with digression (and interjections from the author), Khoury’s novel tackles themes of identity and oppression that are incredibly relevant today.—
Nate Zipp,
Christian Science Monitor,
1 May 2025
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While her book is at times fragmentary and episodic, marked by abrupt discontinuities, the cumulative effect is powerful, eloquently testifying to the horrific consequences of this conflict.—
Rebecca Donner,
New York Times,
18 Feb. 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 30 Jun. 2025.
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