UNCOMPLETED Synonyms: 78 Similar and Opposite Words

uncompleted

adjective

Definition of uncompleted

as in unfinished

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Recent Examples of uncompleted In some cases, bold new projects have ended with buildings being returned to their previous states and uses, others remain uncompleted, and an unfortunate few have been condemned to be demolished. — Alberto Piernas Medina, Architectural Digest, 7 Oct. 2025 When Taofeek was taken from us in 1999, his school uniform, bag, and shoes were discovered by what was then an uncompleted building. — Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025 Given his erratic career, punctuated by long hiatuses and abounding in uncompleted, delayed, and jinxed projects—his filmography teems with the abject terms inachevé and non tourné (unfinished and unmade)—the final verdict remains inconclusive. — James Quandt, The New York Review of Books, 31 July 2025 And along the north wall of the cloister, in a space that was once the nun’s refectory, is the most famous, albeit uncompleted, work of art in all of San Miguel de Allende—a powerful abstract mural by both David Alfaro Siqueiros, one of Mexico’s most famous muralists, and his students. — Condé Nast Traveler, 13 July 2017 See All Example Sentences for uncompleted

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The program offers discussions of financing and distribution, opportunities to present unfinished work and pitch projects, and meetings with industry representatives.

— Philip Martin, Arkansas Online, 13 Oct. 2026
In 1952, Rebay retired, and Sweeney was appointed director of the still unfinished galleries.

— Wendy S. Walters, Architectural Digest, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of unfinished

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Tools to identify a disrupted maternal and infant gut microbiome are already being developed, but screening without a protocol for what to do next is incomplete medicine.

— Holly Baines, STAT, 14 Oct. 2026
From the Houthis’ perspective, their sovereignty consequently remained incomplete.

— Laurent Bonnefoy, The Conversation, 14 Oct. 2026

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