as in deficient
lacking some necessary part
an incomplete puzzle that has several pieces missing
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Recent Examples of incomplete
Without this step, software may behave unpredictably, delivering incomplete functions or introducing unintended actions.
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John Ellis, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
Fast Revenue Generation or Learning Sometimes, your acceptable mistake is launching to a smaller segment of your market or releasing an incomplete feature set.
—Rebecca Shaddix, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
Dots will get connected, even if the picture remains incomplete.
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 8 Apr. 2025
Though data is incomplete, experts say enough is known to show that chases are a serious public safety concern.
—Katie Moore, Kansas City Star, 7 Apr. 2025
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John Ellis, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
Fast Revenue Generation or Learning Sometimes, your acceptable mistake is launching to a smaller segment of your market or releasing an incomplete feature set.
—Rebecca Shaddix, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
Dots will get connected, even if the picture remains incomplete.
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 8 Apr. 2025
Though data is incomplete, experts say enough is known to show that chases are a serious public safety concern.
—Katie Moore, Kansas City Star, 7 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for incomplete
Adjective
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Atlanta Falcons: Shemar Stewart, DE, Texas A&M The Falcons have been deficient in pass rushers for years.—
Ben Standig,
The Athletic,
24 Mar. 2025
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In 2022 Placer County dropped its approval after an appeals court found that its environmental report was deficient in four areas, including emergency evacuation analysis.—
CalMatters,
The Mercury News,
20 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Karim, 29, says snail harvesting has proved to be profitable, beneficial and much in demand -- one of many Tunisians who say the mollusks are providing a partial solution to the nation's 40% youth unemployment rate.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
14 Apr. 2025
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Schopper's store was allegedly selling two human skull fragments for $90, a human clavicle and scapula for $90, a human rib for $35, a human vertebrae for $35 and a partial human skull for $600, the affidavit said.—
Megan Forrester,
ABC News,
14 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Box 115 was said to contain 15 folders of material from this unfinished work.—
Chris Heath,
Smithsonian Magazine,
8 Apr. 2025
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In taking over other unfinished projects, Brody has focused on rooftops, converting them from mechanical space or unused space into another increasingly popular amenity that today’s renters value.—
Joshua Stein,
Forbes,
18 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Whereas Liliana’s Invincible Summer is emotional, sincere, and relatively easy to follow, Death Takes Me is cerebral, fragmentary, and disorienting.—
Nicolás Medina Mora,
The Atlantic,
13 Mar. 2025
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Though fragmentary, the Romanesque masterpiece is a unique example of Anglo-Norman art at roughly 230 feet long and one-and-a-half feet wide.—
Francesca Aton,
ARTnews.com,
4 Mar. 2025
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,
Discover Magazine,
12 Apr. 2011
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“Incomplete.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incomplete. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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