incomplete

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Hours after the speech, Iran rejected assessments that its military capabilities had weakened, calling them incomplete or incorrect.

From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026

And it was about a rules-based order, no matter how incomplete that might be.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 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

“Our stories are our lives, Mag. Even if they’re incomplete and written by strangers. They’re all we’ve got of who we are, where we come from.”

From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older