as in deficient
lacking some necessary part
an incomplete puzzle that has several pieces missing
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Recent Examples of incomplete
Methodology Data from before the analytics era is incomplete at best, but there’s enough there to reverse-engineer decent ratings for players, especially on offense.
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Dom Luszczyszyn, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2026
In a joint statement, survivors of Epstein have called the files incomplete and said that while the release is being framed as transparent, some of the documents reveal survivors’ names and identifying details, while alleged abusers and enablers remain shielded from public scrutiny.
—Brenton Blanchet, PEOPLE, 3 Feb. 2026
Some may see success in removing outdated accounts, duplicate entries or debts with incomplete documentation.
—Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 3 Feb. 2026
Even where incomplete, these designs reshape incentives.
—Alejandro Reyes, Washington Post, 3 Feb. 2026
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Dom Luszczyszyn, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2026
In a joint statement, survivors of Epstein have called the files incomplete and said that while the release is being framed as transparent, some of the documents reveal survivors’ names and identifying details, while alleged abusers and enablers remain shielded from public scrutiny.
—Brenton Blanchet, PEOPLE, 3 Feb. 2026
Some may see success in removing outdated accounts, duplicate entries or debts with incomplete documentation.
—Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 3 Feb. 2026
Even where incomplete, these designs reshape incentives.
—Alejandro Reyes, Washington Post, 3 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for incomplete
Adjective
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The opinion noted that attorneys did not argue that Idaho’s system of public schools was deficient, or that the tax credit program would make it so.—
Becca Savransky,
Idaho Statesman,
6 Feb. 2026
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Those who are deficient in magnesium are more likely to have anemia.—
Jessica Swirble,
Verywell Health,
4 Feb. 2026
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The council also approved the appointment of Josiah Ben-Oni Graham to fill a partial-term vacancy that expires in November.—
Hema Sivanandam,
Mercury News,
12 Feb. 2026
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But as the title character and a partial avatar for Williamson — who had similarly spent his own teen years dreamily pining and aspiring to be a filmmaker — Dawson was the boy-next-door pillar around which the show orbited.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Feb. 2026
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But nothing could have prepared viewers for the movie's ending, as an unfinished screenplay became the stuff of nightmares — literally and figuratively.—
Richard Edwards,
Space.com,
8 Feb. 2026
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Time and again, Minnesota has stepped forward when the country needed a North Star, a leader in interstate collaboration, in health care, in labor rights, in education, in refugee resettlement, and in the long, unfinished work of racial justice.—
Marilyn Carlson Nelson,
New York Daily News,
5 Feb. 2026
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Its acoustic arrangements are sparse and her lyrics fragmentary, but the mood is warm and inviting.—
Marissa Lorusso,
Pitchfork,
26 Jan. 2026
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The team found a fragmentary hand stencil on the wall.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
21 Jan. 2026
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,
WIRED,
12 Apr. 2011
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“Incomplete.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incomplete. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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