uncompleted

Definition of uncompletednext

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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
Adjective
  • Since then, inmates have reported limited hygiene supplies, overcrowding and unfinished phone systems at the 470,000-square-foot facility.
    Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Demining groups say that without international support, Southeast Asia’s unfinished work clearing land mines and unexploded bombs will continue to endanger communities, maiming and killing people and slowing development for years to come.
    ABC News, ABC News, 18 Aug. 2026
Adjective
  • Holding an incomplete vote, or one that feeds into any narrative of the winner being illegitimate, would be a tremendous gift to Moscow.
    Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026
  • On the eve of the new season, Iraola’s squad remains incomplete, particularly in attacking areas.
    Andy Jones, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026

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“Uncompleted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uncompleted. Accessed 25 Aug. 2026.

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