as in deficient
lacking some necessary part
an incomplete puzzle that has several pieces missing
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Recent Examples of incomplete
Companies with incomplete or insufficient data are excluded to maintain the integrity of the results.
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Time Staff, Time, 12 May 2026
Choosing one part can feel incomplete, while sharing everything can feel excessive, and that tension often leads to hesitation.
—Dr. Diane Hamilton, Forbes.com, 10 May 2026
Poor-quality or incomplete DNA profiles can make genetic genealogy difficult, ambiguous, or even impossible.
—Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 9 May 2026
So any story about Tottenham in the last few weeks which ends with De Zerbi, his tactics, his speeches, his passion, is incomplete.
—Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 8 May 2026
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Time Staff, Time, 12 May 2026
Choosing one part can feel incomplete, while sharing everything can feel excessive, and that tension often leads to hesitation.
—Dr. Diane Hamilton, Forbes.com, 10 May 2026
Poor-quality or incomplete DNA profiles can make genetic genealogy difficult, ambiguous, or even impossible.
—Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 9 May 2026
So any story about Tottenham in the last few weeks which ends with De Zerbi, his tactics, his speeches, his passion, is incomplete.
—Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 8 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for incomplete
Adjective
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So far, results are most promising for people with abnormally high blood pressure who are deficient in the mineral, said Jocelyn Edwards, Pharm.—
Stephanie Anderson Witmer,
Health,
12 May 2026
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All babies are born deficient in vitamin K, which is vital to blood clotting, and cannot form what are called clotting factors, or substances in the body that help stop bleeding naturally.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
8 May 2026
Adjective
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Most varieties prefer full sun to partial shade and rich, slightly acidic soil that drains well.—
Jessica Safavimehr,
Southern Living,
13 May 2026
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In February, Congress passed legislation that ended the partial federal government shutdown and contained provisions addressing PBM transparency and business practices.—
Ken Alltucker,
USA Today,
13 May 2026
Adjective
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But that album struck me as fussy, unfinished, soft somehow.—
Dan Kois,
Pitchfork,
17 May 2026
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Construction at the site has remained unfinished since mid-2023, with an arbitration panel ruling in October 2025 to set a future hearing date for litigation for this September.—
Claire Murphy,
Chicago Tribune,
14 May 2026
Adjective
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Most of these ancient homes have long since returned to the soil, leaving archaeologists to piece together their stories from fragmentary evidence.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
1 May 2026
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Yet the novel, while uniquely contemporary, joins a larger canon of fragmentary novels that resonate in our digital age of dwindling attention spans.—
Maddie Connors,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Apr. 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 20 May. 2026.
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