as in deficient
lacking some necessary part
an incomplete puzzle that has several pieces missing
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Recent Examples of incomplete
If the question is who won the trade, the honest answer is incomplete.
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C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 27 May 2026
That disconnect continues to manifest as long close cycles, limited visibility, and unreliable outputs from AI systems built on incomplete data.
—Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 21 May 2026
So far, overdose deaths don’t appear to be surging in 2026, though the data is incomplete because toxicology testing can take weeks or months.
—Meg Wingerter, Denver Post, 20 May 2026
The data collected on studio leadership at the time is incomplete, and even with that missing info, the clearance was still met.
—Clayton Davis, Variety, 17 May 2026
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C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 27 May 2026
That disconnect continues to manifest as long close cycles, limited visibility, and unreliable outputs from AI systems built on incomplete data.
—Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 21 May 2026
So far, overdose deaths don’t appear to be surging in 2026, though the data is incomplete because toxicology testing can take weeks or months.
—Meg Wingerter, Denver Post, 20 May 2026
The data collected on studio leadership at the time is incomplete, and even with that missing info, the clearance was still met.
—Clayton Davis, Variety, 17 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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Those groups though, which campaign finance reports indicate received partial refunds, have now turned to support Becerra.—
Grace Hase,
Mercury News,
27 May 2026
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Agents could operate with only partial information or hallucinated objectives.—
Ron Schmelzer,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2026
Adjective
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The parcel includes a second address with direct street access to the property’s 3,000-square-foot shop, 1,850-square-foot office, and a 1,590-square-foot unfinished apartment.—
David Caraccio
May 23,
Sacbee.com,
23 May 2026
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Stripped of modern tools, MASK is messy, blemished, unfinished—and all the sweeter for it.—
Arielle Gordon,
Pitchfork,
22 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 30 May. 2026.
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