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
  • Mandela’s second volume of memoirs was unfinished at the time of his death in 2013.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 Sep. 2026
  • There is a sense of interruption throughout where the familiar is made slightly strange, and the unfinished is left intentionally exposed, giving the collections a setting that shifts with each new iteration.
    Michael Anthony Hall, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026
Adjective
  • Carr attempted just two passes longer than 20 yards (both incomplete) and just three intermediate throws (10-to-20 yards).
    Pete Sampson, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
  • If information is incomplete, inconsistent or trapped in individual engineers’ experience, AI will not magically solve the problem.
    Luis Garelli, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2026

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“Uncompleted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uncompleted. Accessed 15 Sep. 2026.

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