Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective As yet unfinished.
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- adjective Not
completed .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective not caught or not caught within bounds
- adjective not yet finished
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Examples
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She left the expression of the idea uncompleted; locked the door of the room; and returned to the place on which she had left the box.
Jezebel's Daughter Wilkie Collins 1856
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China's new aircraft carrier was laid down in the Soviet Union as the Varyag during the 1980's, but was uncompleted when the USSR collapsed.
Eric Margolis: Will China Rule the Waves Eric Margolis 2011
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The uncompleted thought here is that the libertarian primary ends early, as Paul fever cools.
Ari Melber: Iowa Caucus Guide: Santorum Fights Paul for Evangelicals, Romney Battles Himself Ari Melber 2012
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April 2, 2009 at 10: 06 pm for me it would be ricks swamp thing run for would love to know how he would have ended his take on swamp thing. also Steve Gerber's original ending to omega. also would love to see John Byrne finaly finish next men. or his uncompleted galactus story
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The uncompleted thought here is that the libertarian primary ends early, as Paul fever cools.
Ari Melber: Iowa Caucus Guide: Santorum Fights Paul for Evangelicals, Romney Battles Himself Ari Melber 2012
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Mr. Perng said board members of Taiwan's central bank have discussed the possibility of increasing the tax on transactions involving uncompleted homes, as the island intends to step up efforts against the boom in the real-estate market.
Taiwan Raises Key Interest Rates Fanny Liu 2011
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And yet by the time they met in London the following April, seventeen of the countries involved had passed protectionist legislation of some description—and the Doha round remained uncompleted.
Zero-Sum Future Gideon Rachman 2011
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For this we were given an uncompleted and incorrect Asteroids like game, and tasked with fixing and improving it within seven days.
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The first laid the conceptual groundwork for the second, for if grief was work that, left uncompleted, could cause harm, it follows that people would need guidance in, and find reassurance from, knowing what steps they should take to avoid that eventuality.
The Truth About Grief Ruth Davis Konigsberg 2011
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There are also interesting pictures by journeymen who made a living taking these sorts of images, and several by the prolific Anonymous taken in the 1870s from the tower of the still-uncompleted Brooklyn Bridge, the highest point in the city before man achieved flight.
The Sky-Highs and Lows of City Scenes William Meyers 2010
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