incomplete

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The incomplete land registry at the time made ownership across much of Greece unclear.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

But the mere possibility that they might has already accomplished something important: It has exposed how incomplete our understanding of consciousness still is.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

A recent “point in time” count, as they’re called, the famously incomplete snapshot of how many people are homeless in a city on a given night, clocked the city’s homeless population at 2,500.

From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026

Fossils from South America were often incomplete, leaving major gaps in the evolutionary story.

From Science Daily • Mar. 10, 2026

Despite its incomplete exhibits, rutted paths, and stretches of unplanted ground, the exposition revealed to its early visitors a vision of what a city could be and ought to be.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson