as in deficient
lacking some necessary part
an incomplete puzzle that has several pieces missing
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Recent Examples of incomplete
Though data is incomplete, experts say enough is known to show that chases are a serious public safety concern.
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Katie Moore, Kansas City Star, 7 Apr. 2025
Yes, somehow, the 1975 Red Sox turn … Continue reading ‘A place in all of our hearts’: As 50th anniversary celebration nears, 1975 Red Sox feel incomplete without Luis Tiant
Boston Herald
Even so, Lynn believes there’s infinitely more pressure in today’s game.
—Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 4 Apr. 2025
The researchers also found that two other factors led to incomplete electrode wetting.
—Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 10 Apr. 2025
Martinez was well tested, repeatedly pushing shots over, with the visitors struggling to string together the long passing sequences that were needed to take the sting out of the game (one in every four Villa passes was incomplete), and suffering waves of PSG attacks.
—Liam Tharme, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2025
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Katie Moore, Kansas City Star, 7 Apr. 2025
Yes, somehow, the 1975 Red Sox turn … Continue reading ‘A place in all of our hearts’: As 50th anniversary celebration nears, 1975 Red Sox feel incomplete without Luis Tiant
Boston Herald
Even so, Lynn believes there’s infinitely more pressure in today’s game.
—Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 4 Apr. 2025
The researchers also found that two other factors led to incomplete electrode wetting.
—Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 10 Apr. 2025
Martinez was well tested, repeatedly pushing shots over, with the visitors struggling to string together the long passing sequences that were needed to take the sting out of the game (one in every four Villa passes was incomplete), and suffering waves of PSG attacks.
—Liam Tharme, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for incomplete
Adjective
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The Mount Zion Road/Columbia Hollow bridge was part of the 2017 county bridge plan to replace 15 bridges deemed structurally deficient by the Arkansas Department of Transportation.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
9 Apr. 2025
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While this option can work for people who are deficient in vitamin A, according to experts, vaccination is the only way to prevent measles, as vitamin A is not an alternative.—
Angelica Stabile,
Fox News,
7 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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This partial transcript has been edited for clarity and length.—
Walk On,
New York Times,
28 Apr. 2025
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Many employers were in partial compliance with the PUMP Act, by having either a private lactation space or a written policy, but not both.—
Michelle Travis,
Forbes.com,
28 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Their luxury lodging turned out to be unfinished FEMA tents, and gourmet food was actually boxed cheese sandwiches.—
Rachel Treisman,
NPR,
24 Apr. 2025
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Upstairs, a mid-chiseled wooden boar and horse are left unfinished in Joel's workspace, a guitar leans against the bedroom window sill, and a copy of Idiot's Guide to Space lies half read on the nightstand.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
21 Apr. 2025
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McBurney’s bridge is fragmentary, sounding neither quite like Mussorgsky nor like an original piece.—
Jeffrey Arlo Brown,
New York Times,
12 Apr. 2025
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Though fugitive and fragmentary, the events in the Gospels take place on a fixed historical time line.—
Adam Gopnik,
The New Yorker,
24 Mar. 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 2 May. 2025.
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