as in deficient
lacking some necessary part
an incomplete puzzle that has several pieces missing
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Recent Examples of incomplete
The remaining 29 percent of applications were found to have incomplete information, and their approval is pending additional information from the applicants.
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
In the early hours of election night, there may be an incomplete picture of who's winning a state because absentee ballots will take longer in some states than others to appear in the count.
—Graham Kates, CBS News, 5 Nov. 2024
Although initially ruled an incomplete pass, a challenge from Jets interim head coach Jeff Ulbrich led to a review and the officials overturned the decision to rule it a successful catch and touchdown.
—Ben Morse, CNN, 1 Nov. 2024
The drive nearly ended a few plays earlier when Joe Burrow was picked off, but the potential interception was overturned to incomplete on replay.
—NBC News, 8 Nov. 2024
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
In the early hours of election night, there may be an incomplete picture of who's winning a state because absentee ballots will take longer in some states than others to appear in the count.
—Graham Kates, CBS News, 5 Nov. 2024
Although initially ruled an incomplete pass, a challenge from Jets interim head coach Jeff Ulbrich led to a review and the officials overturned the decision to rule it a successful catch and touchdown.
—Ben Morse, CNN, 1 Nov. 2024
The drive nearly ended a few plays earlier when Joe Burrow was picked off, but the potential interception was overturned to incomplete on replay.
—NBC News, 8 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for incomplete
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This Tuesday's particular presidential election is also the most important election of our lifetimes for a simple additional reason: Harris is the most ideologically left-wing, intellectually deficient, and wildly unprepared presidential candidate in the nation's history.Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
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In the early seventies, when addicts were viewed as criminals or morally deficient, Gruppo Abele became a nonjudgmental refuge for homeless people and juvenile offenders.D. T. Max, The New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2024
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The Grizzlies were already without star guard Ja Morant, who hasn’t played since suffering pelvic muscle strains and subluxation (partial dislocation) in his right hip in last week’s matchup against the Lakers, Desmond Bane (strained right oblique) and GG Jackson (right foot surgery recovery).Khobi Price, Orange County Register, 13 Nov. 2024
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Interest expense decreased to $19 million from $34 million, reflecting partial debt repayment.Quartz Bot, Quartz, 12 Nov. 2024
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Lowen soon learns that a secret unfinished manuscript may reveal clues about the family’s past.Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Nov. 2024
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Lowen accepts the gig but uncovers dark secrets in the process — including an unfinished manuscript that hints at chilling admissions about Verity and her family’s past — leaving Lowen to determine if Verity is a gifted fictionist or deranged psychopath.Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 20 Nov. 2024
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This frenetic form of diplomacy is notable not only for its lack of progress so far and for its piecemeal and fragmentary nature but also for its considerable scale and scope.Michael Kimmage, Foreign Affairs, 7 Nov. 2024
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Where the previous constellation of images had tended toward the fragmentary, these emphasized a serial, more comprehensive approach.Emmanuel Iduma, ARTnews.com, 18 Oct. 2024
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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 28 Nov. 2024.
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