as in deficient
lacking some necessary part
an incomplete puzzle that has several pieces missing
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Recent Examples of incomplete
If the question is who won the trade, the honest answer is incomplete.
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C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 27 May 2026
That disconnect continues to manifest as long close cycles, limited visibility, and unreliable outputs from AI systems built on incomplete data.
—Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 21 May 2026
So far, overdose deaths don’t appear to be surging in 2026, though the data is incomplete because toxicology testing can take weeks or months.
—Meg Wingerter, Denver Post, 20 May 2026
The data collected on studio leadership at the time is incomplete, and even with that missing info, the clearance was still met.
—Clayton Davis, Variety, 17 May 2026
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C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 27 May 2026
That disconnect continues to manifest as long close cycles, limited visibility, and unreliable outputs from AI systems built on incomplete data.
—Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 21 May 2026
So far, overdose deaths don’t appear to be surging in 2026, though the data is incomplete because toxicology testing can take weeks or months.
—Meg Wingerter, Denver Post, 20 May 2026
The data collected on studio leadership at the time is incomplete, and even with that missing info, the clearance was still met.
—Clayton Davis, Variety, 17 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for incomplete
Adjective
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That’s what health experts now advise, because statistics reveal the sorry fact that 95% of people are deficient in this essential dietary food.—
Margaux Anbouba,
Vogue,
29 May 2026
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Prices of crude oil, a key resource for energy-deficient Europe, slipped and were on track for their first weekly drop in two months.—
Jay Ganglani,
NBC news,
29 May 2026
Adjective
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Congress has already funded the rest of the Department of Homeland Security 's budget but funding for ICE and CBP were separated out during negotiations over immigration enforcement reforms to end the historic partial government shutdown.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
3 June 2026
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Ticket holders can either keep their existing tickets for the replacement performances — with partial refunds automatically issued because of the lower ticket price — or request full refunds through Etix by June 8.—
From Staff Reports,
Charlotte Observer,
3 June 2026
Adjective
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Dress Your Windows Bare windows can often come across as unfinished.—
Sarah Lyon,
The Spruce,
30 May 2026
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The program supporting that Surinamese farmer was among the thousands of projects abruptly terminated, leaving him with debt, unfinished investments, and no access to the market linkages he had been promised.—
Daphne Ewing-Chow,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2026
Adjective
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Most of these ancient homes have long since returned to the soil, leaving archaeologists to piece together their stories from fragmentary evidence.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
1 May 2026
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Yet the novel, while uniquely contemporary, joins a larger canon of fragmentary novels that resonate in our digital age of dwindling attention spans.—
Maddie Connors,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Apr. 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 4 Jun. 2026.
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