How to Use incomplete in a Sentence

incomplete

adjective

• She handed in an incomplete assignment.
• Once the 10 days lapse, the buyer could get the weapon, even if the record search is incomplete.
  — Alan Fram, Anchorage Daily News, 13 June 2022
• The 49ers could have pulled a challenge flag on the catch that was shown not to be secured/ incomplete.
  — Jenna Reyes, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Jan. 2023
• But the pass was ruled incomplete on the field, and a replay review let the call stand.
  — Michael Marot, Chicago Tribune, 3 Sep. 2022
• The pass was incomplete and Birmingham had the ball and a chance to burn the rest of the clock but was unable to get a first down.
  — Barry Werner, USA TODAY, 4 July 2022
• The special effects are incomplete, so pay no mind to the blue screen in the background.
  — Nick Romano, EW.com, 20 Jan. 2025
• The next drive featured an incomplete pass and an 8-yard sack.
  — Greg Moore, The Arizona Republic, 20 Dec. 2021
• The drive stalled on fourth down when the West tried a trick play with Quantez throwing to Warth, but the pass was incomplete.
  — James Weber, The Enquirer, 10 June 2022
• On the very first drive of the night, Williams had all night to throw on first down (incomplete) and even longer on third down (55-yard scramble).
  — Josh Newman, The Salt Lake Tribune, 16 Oct. 2022
• Initial reports were incomplete but at the time it was known that the shooter was on the loose.
  — Jeff Potrykus, Journal Sentinel, 15 Feb. 2023
• Fields was incomplete on a fourth-down pass with less than two minutes to play.
  — Joe Schad, USA TODAY, 7 Nov. 2022
• Birthdays are incomplete without the ones who love and care for you.
  — Samantha Olson, Seventeen, 15 Dec. 2022
• On fourth-and-4 from the 7, Murray’s pass into the end zone fell incomplete, giving the Bruins the ball back.
  — Dan Gilles, cleveland, 28 Oct. 2022
• The Panthers went for it on fourth and 3 on their first possession and threw incomplete.
  — Tom Murphy, arkansasonline.com, 19 Nov. 2023
• Brissett's pass was incomplete and the Bengals took over on downs.
  — Jason Hoffman, The Enquirer, 11 Dec. 2022
• Despite the incomplete data, the study is point of pride for Mindbloom.
  — Daniel Gilbert, Washington Post, 30 Dec. 2022
• The Tigers drove to the Jesuit 5-yard line but Trever Jackson’s fourth-down pass fell incomplete pass in the end zone.
  — Staff Reports, Orlando Sentinel, 18 Aug. 2023
• There might be video or sound issues, or the show itself might be incomplete.
  — WIRED, 18 Nov. 2023
• The dress is thin and flimsy and appears to be incomplete: the ends of the straps dangle in the back instead of being secured on the inside of the bodice.
  — Mia Sato, The Verge, 19 Dec. 2024
• Auburn called a timeout to challenge the play, and upon review, the pass was ruled incomplete.
  — Tom Green | [e-mail], al, 11 Sep. 2022
• The list of diseases covered by the law is, to start, woefully incomplete.
  — Time, 21 July 2023
• Couldn’t the Hall voters see that without Coryell, the Canton, Ohio shrine was incomplete?
  — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Dec. 2021
• The pass fell incomplete and Aubrey came out to convert his second field goal — a 21-yard attempt.
  — Sportsday Staff, Dallas News, 17 Sep. 2023
• 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
• His defense stuffed the Tide on the first play of its next drive before two incomplete passes meant a three-and-out punt with blood in the water.
  — Michael Casagrande | [e-mail], al, 11 Jan. 2022
• There is this idea that a woman who is alone is somehow incomplete.
  — Marta Balaga, Variety, 3 July 2022
• Starting this week, the clock will keep running on incomplete passes in the first and third quarters.
  — Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 6 May 2022
• The state also said more voters might have been, but could not be sure because of incomplete records.
  — Dallas News, 31 Jan. 2023
• Here’s an incomplete collection of charts that capture that break — across the economy, health care, education, work, family life and more.
  — Aatish Bhatia, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2025
• Shimada’s team used incomplete fossils of the megalodon’s vertebral column and compared them to the bodies of 165 other living and extinct shark species to extrapolate the animal’s size.
  — Sara Hashemi, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Mar. 2025