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
  • The novel, per its synopsis, follows the son of a famed novelist, who leaves behind an unfinished manuscript after his death.
    Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 15 July 2026
  • Dress Your Windows Bare windows can often come across as unfinished.
    Sarah Lyon, The Spruce, 14 July 2026
Adjective
  • Dmitri published his father’s incomplete novel, The Original of Laura, in 2009, going against his father’s wishes.
    Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 15 July 2026
  • Second, a burger without fries is incomplete, and the quality of fries matters.
    Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 15 July 2026

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“Uncompleted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uncompleted. Accessed 17 Jul. 2026.

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