as in deficient
lacking some necessary part
an incomplete puzzle that has several pieces missing
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Recent Examples of incomplete
The Bills picked up one first down, then went backward after an iffy holding penalty, a negative run by Josh Allen and finally an incomplete pass.
Baltimore has the ball back on its own 9 in a 7-7 game.
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Interception, Bills!
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Greg Rosenstein, NBC News, 20 Jan. 2025
Stafford drove the Rams down to the Eagles’ 22-yard line but turned the ball over on downs following an incomplete pass to Puka Nacua.
—Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 20 Jan. 2025
The special effects are incomplete, so pay no mind to the blue screen in the background.
—Nick Romano, EW.com, 20 Jan. 2025
Additionally, if pasteurization is incomplete or uneven, some harmful bacteria might survive and grow, causing early spoilage.
—Justin Gest, Newsweek, 20 Jan. 2025
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Greg Rosenstein, NBC News, 20 Jan. 2025
Stafford drove the Rams down to the Eagles’ 22-yard line but turned the ball over on downs following an incomplete pass to Puka Nacua.
—Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 20 Jan. 2025
The special effects are incomplete, so pay no mind to the blue screen in the background.
—Nick Romano, EW.com, 20 Jan. 2025
Additionally, if pasteurization is incomplete or uneven, some harmful bacteria might survive and grow, causing early spoilage.
—Justin Gest, Newsweek, 20 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for incomplete
Adjective
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Its star players include peptides and lipids—two things eczema-prone skin is deficient in, Dr. Weinstein Velez says.—
Jessica Kasparian,
SELF,
20 Jan. 2025
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Vitamin D More than 40% of adult Americans are deficient in vitamin D. Low levels are linked to fatigue, bone pain, muscle weakness, mood disorders and cognitive decline.—
Lina Begdache,
The Conversation,
7 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Through testing the shorts, criminalists got a partial DNA profile for an unidentified man in May 2020, Thoemmes said.—
Daniella Segura,
Sacramento Bee,
22 Jan. 2025
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During the past two years, Bieber has not toured or released new music, citing health issues, including the effects of partial paralysis caused by Ramsay-Hunt Syndrome.—
Martha Ross,
The Mercury News,
22 Jan. 2025
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In January, Galena was ordered to pay the other developer $10 million, but the development remains unfinished.—
Rose Evans,
Idaho Statesman,
29 Jan. 2025
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Relatives compared these to a video of the unfinished vessel in Cuba, its hull stripped down to wooden beams and zinc plates, nestled in a wooden landscape.—
Syra Ortiz Blanes,
Miami Herald,
26 Jan. 2025
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The final chapters in the Amistad edition are fragmentary, and the book ends abruptly, ten years before Herod’s death.—
Louis Menand,
The New Yorker,
13 Jan. 2025
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Although the trappings and structures of information-sharing have existed for years, the actual sharing of information that would help secure the external border of Europe has been fragmentary.—
Martin A. Schain,
Foreign Affairs,
12 May 2016
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 4 Feb. 2025.
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