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Recent Examples of uncompleted
When Taofeek was taken from us in 1999, his school uniform, bag, and shoes were discovered by what was then an uncompleted building.
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Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025
Given his erratic career, punctuated by long hiatuses and abounding in uncompleted, delayed, and jinxed projects—his filmography teems with the abject terms inachevé and non tourné (unfinished and unmade)—the final verdict remains inconclusive.
—James Quandt, The New York Review of Books, 31 July 2025
Investigators found that 500 work orders from areas throughout the hospital went uncompleted.
—Scott Schwebke, Oc Register, 12 July 2025
And along the north wall of the cloister, in a space that was once the nun’s refectory, is the most famous, albeit uncompleted, work of art in all of San Miguel de Allende—a powerful abstract mural by both David Alfaro Siqueiros, one of Mexico’s most famous muralists, and his students.
—Condé Nast Traveler, 13 July 2017
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Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025
Given his erratic career, punctuated by long hiatuses and abounding in uncompleted, delayed, and jinxed projects—his filmography teems with the abject terms inachevé and non tourné (unfinished and unmade)—the final verdict remains inconclusive.
—James Quandt, The New York Review of Books, 31 July 2025
Investigators found that 500 work orders from areas throughout the hospital went uncompleted.
—Scott Schwebke, Oc Register, 12 July 2025
And along the north wall of the cloister, in a space that was once the nun’s refectory, is the most famous, albeit uncompleted, work of art in all of San Miguel de Allende—a powerful abstract mural by both David Alfaro Siqueiros, one of Mexico’s most famous muralists, and his students.
—Condé Nast Traveler, 13 July 2017
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for uncompleted
Adjective
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According to Archaeology Magazine, the back of the statue was left unfinished.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
26 Apr. 2026
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Leaving unfinished work on the nightstand will keep your mind racing.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
The Spruce,
23 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The race unfolds as district confronts superintendent under FBI investigation, declining enrollment, potential strike and incomplete academic recovery from pandemic.—
Howard Blume,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Apr. 2026
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Both are ad hoc and incomplete.—
Evan Johnson,
IEEE Spectrum,
30 Apr. 2026
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“Uncompleted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uncompleted. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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