as in deficient
lacking some necessary part
an incomplete puzzle that has several pieces missing
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Recent Examples of incomplete
Of course, these days, any reunion of the original 90210 cast is bound to feel incomplete, following the deaths of Luke Perry in 2019 and Shannen Doherty last year.
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John Russell, People.com, 18 Feb. 2025
Although the city is incomplete, Soleri’s original design for a 3,000-person community remains an aspiration for its residents.
—Chase Hunter, The Mercury News, 18 Feb. 2025
Delays can occur due to errors, incomplete filings, or identity verification processes.
—True Tamplin, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
Discrepancies paint an incomplete picture Of the DOGE list's initial claim of $16 billion in savings, half came from an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) listing that was entered into the Federal Procurement Data System (FPDS) in 2022 with a whopping $8 billion maximum possible value.
—Stephen Fowler, NPR, 19 Feb. 2025
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John Russell, People.com, 18 Feb. 2025
Although the city is incomplete, Soleri’s original design for a 3,000-person community remains an aspiration for its residents.
—Chase Hunter, The Mercury News, 18 Feb. 2025
Delays can occur due to errors, incomplete filings, or identity verification processes.
—True Tamplin, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
Discrepancies paint an incomplete picture Of the DOGE list's initial claim of $16 billion in savings, half came from an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) listing that was entered into the Federal Procurement Data System (FPDS) in 2022 with a whopping $8 billion maximum possible value.
—Stephen Fowler, NPR, 19 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for incomplete
Adjective
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Second, laser technology is deficient in energy, efficiency, and is too expensive.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
23 Feb. 2025
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Of course, soil can also be deficient in important nutrients.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
14 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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One unsavory reality about this journey is there's no such thing as partial credit.—
Ray Zhou,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 2025
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The new moon partial solar eclipse in Aries on March 29th (6:58 a.m. EST) is our green light to set intentions, make power moves, and start anew.—
Dossé-Via Trenou,
refinery29.com,
27 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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The transcript reveals the students’ unfinished thoughts and panic over finding Kernodle’s unconscious body.—
Lauren del Valle,
CNN,
7 Mar. 2025
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Some unfinished vehicles were parked in storage until chips could be installed. Between the lines: The North American auto industry is deeply integrated, with finished vehicles and auto parts flowing freely across borders.—
Joann Muller,
Axios,
4 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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That muon then created its own fragmentary debris, sparking a ripple of telltale pale blue photons dubbed Cherenkov radiation that passed over ARCA’s instruments.—
Meghan Bartels,
Scientific American,
12 Feb. 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
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 12 Mar. 2025.
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