uncompleted

adjective

Definition of uncompletednext
as in unfinished

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Recent Examples of uncompleted 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 Given the recent spate of drilling wells that are left uncompleted, data for recent months may actually overestimate production. — Jim Krane, Foreign Affairs, 26 May 2015 See All Example Sentences for uncompleted
Recent Examples of Synonyms for uncompleted
  1. unfinished
  2. incomplete
Adjective
  • Yet my soaring generational expectations were still unfinished.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Both The Social Reckoning and Cliff Booth underwent reshoots recently, Barbera revealed, rendering them unfinished in time for Venice.
    — Nate Jones, Vulture, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of unfinished
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  • Baha Sibai, a maternal fetal medicine specialist at in the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, believes the rate could be even higher because many birth certificates have incomplete data.
    — Megha Satyanarayana, Scientific American, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Incomplete customer profiles lead to incomplete answers, while fragmented behavioral data limits AI’s ability to understand intent, identify patterns and recommend the right next action.
    — Bill Bruno, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2026
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“Uncompleted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uncompleted. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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