uncompleted

Definition of uncompletednext

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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. 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 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 Given the recent spate of drilling wells that are left uncompleted, data for recent months may actually overestimate production. Jim Krane, Foreign Affairs, 26 May 2015 See All Example Sentences for uncompleted
Recent Examples of Synonyms for uncompleted
Adjective
  • There the professor is a teenager running miles in the basement of her father’s suburban tract, an unfinished room furnished with a treadmill, a weight bench, and a three-sided sunset mural.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Without clear sightlines into daily operations, unfinished work goes unnoticed and deferred tasks build up.
    Matt Lautz, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
Adjective
  • Twice in 2024, the city determined the application was incomplete.
    George Avalos, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Reddington attempted to cast doubt on Brower's testimony by arguing that the level of drugs in Clancy's system provided an incomplete view of her overall health.
    Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 5 Aug. 2026

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“Uncompleted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uncompleted. Accessed 6 Aug. 2026.

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