as in partially
in some measure or degree
a physiological process that is incompletely understood at the present time
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Recent Examples of incompletely
Both were seeing incompletely, and neither had built the habit of asking what the other was actually understanding.
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Karl Moore, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026
If muscles remain depleted and incompletely repaired, each practice starts with a deficient muscular system.
—William Jones, Ascend Agency, 13 Apr. 2026
In Iran, microscopic soot formed when hydrocarbons in the fuel oil burned incompletely, experts said.
—Tammy Webber, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2026
Karl Moore, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026
If muscles remain depleted and incompletely repaired, each practice starts with a deficient muscular system.
—William Jones, Ascend Agency, 13 Apr. 2026
In Iran, microscopic soot formed when hydrocarbons in the fuel oil burned incompletely, experts said.
—Tammy Webber, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for incompletely
Adverb
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In 2024, Google halted plans for a data center outside of Santiago, Chile, after a court partially revoked its permits over water concerns.—
Ashley Belanger,
ArsTechnica,
4 June 2026
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Townsel said in an email that historically Hartford Public Schools has been able to partially balance the rising costs of students leaving the district through high staff vacancy rates.—
Livi Stanford,
Hartford Courant,
4 June 2026
Adverb
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These are strange, dream-like stories that give the reader a feeling of meeting the characters halfway through their journeys, sometimes with no beginning or end.—
Mary Ann Grossmann,
Twin Cities,
7 June 2026
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Tabbed a Colts starter as a rookie, hamstring and quadriceps ailments shut him down halfway through that initial professional campaign.—
David Furones,
Sun Sentinel,
5 June 2026
Adverb
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For a movement built partly around concern over pesticides and environmental toxins, that was not a side issue.—
Ed Gaskin,
Boston Herald,
30 May 2026
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The lack of clarity makes choosing a company potentially confusing for patients, and the medical profession is partly to blame, said Jamy Ard, an obesity doctor and researcher at Wake Forest University School of Medicine in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.—
Maia Rosenfeld,
NBC news,
29 May 2026
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“Incompletely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incompletely. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.
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