Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Incompleteness; the state of being unfinished.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Lack of completion; incompleteness.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun uncountable The state or quality of not being
complete - noun countable Something which is not completed
- noun countable, American football A forward
pass which is not caughtinbounds by the intendedreceiver
Etymologies
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Examples
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Tennessee blew chances to build a bigger halftime lead when Shaun Phillips pressured Vince Young into a third-down incompletion from the Chargers 12 that left the Titans settling for a field goal, and Shawne Merriman jarred a fumble from Chris Brown on another drive to the 12, recovered by Phillips.
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The Cavaliers had their chances in the fourth quarter, but couldn't make plays when they counted most, including an incompletion from the 2-yard line on fourth down.
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On Dallas 'first drive, a third-and-11 incompletion from the Detroit 21 turned into a first down courtesy of illegal contact by Lions safety Jon McGraw.
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Think back, for example, to Calvin Johnson's TD in Week 1 that was inexplicably called an incompletion that allowed the Bears to win.
NY Daily News 2011
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He then drove for a field goal at the end of the half - after a 12-play drive ended in a failed fourth-and-goal at the 1 - by completing 3 of 4 passes (the incompletion was the spike) for 26 yards.
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He then drove for a field goal at the end of the half - after a 12-play drive ended in a failed fourth-and-goal at the 1 - by completing 3 of 4 passes (the incompletion was the spike) for 26 yards.
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The incompletion was the only one of the game for Wilcox, who went 9-of-10 for 164 yards and three touchdowns.
unknown title 2009
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At the same time, Kate betrays a kind of incompletion in her own life.
Shakespeare Bevington, David 2002
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Drops are one kind of incompletion, but one fans especially despise.
Field Gulls 2008
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Not coincidentally, this is almost always stuff that represents some kind of incompletion, functional fuzziness, or procrastination on your part. "
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