INCOMPLETE Synonyms: 33 Similar and Opposite Words

incomplete

adjective

ˌin-kəm-ˈplēt

Definition of incomplete

as in deficient

lacking some necessary part an incomplete puzzle that has several pieces missing

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Recent Examples of incomplete In each case, focusing only on the person with purchasing authority creates an incomplete picture. — Alex Kowtun, Forbes.com, 6 Oct. 2026 Citing incomplete data, industry lobbyists point to smaller price hikes in recent years and higher use of care. — Bob Herman, STAT, 5 Oct. 2026 Mahomes took a shotgun snap, rolled right to evade pressure and then desperately fired incomplete. — Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 5 Oct. 2026 Of course, the exhibition would be incomplete without Milena Canonero’s Oscar-winning costumes and Manolo Blahnik’s dazzling heels, brought together from all corners of the world. — Stephanie Sporn, HollywoodReporter, 5 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for incomplete

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To help with hair regrowth, Bauman often recommends nutrient-dense meals rich with protein, healthy fat and the trace minerals that, when deficient, can lead to hair loss.

— Maggie Ryan, Flow Space, 2 Oct. 2026
Of course, supplementing with vitamin D is especially helpful for those who are deficient.

— Nicole Catanese, InStyle, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of deficient

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Deluxe Darling Harbour Rooms start at 40 to 50 square metres, but Deluxe Opera House City View Rooms, one tier up, are the most popular, with partial views of the Sydney icon.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
OpenAI’s agents also crawled millions of pages and made thousands of data queries, which may have led to the partial outage of the Wikidata Query Service (WDQS) in May, the post adds.

— Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 6 Oct. 2026

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Both also explore attempts to understand someone who is gone through fragmentary memory, using images as a bridge between the living and the dead.

— Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 19 Sep. 2026
In the last three centuries, scholars have unearthed a few morsels—a description in an old poem of a similar tapestry; some rare Scandinavian textiles—that provide at least fragmentary context for the artifact’s existence.

— John Phipps, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2026

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