uncompleted

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Recent Examples of uncompleted In some cases, bold new projects have ended with buildings being returned to their previous states and uses, others remain uncompleted, and an unfortunate few have been condemned to be demolished. Alberto Piernas Medina, Architectural Digest, 7 Oct. 2025 When Taofeek was taken from us in 1999, his school uniform, bag, and shoes were discovered by what was then an uncompleted building. Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025 Given his erratic career, punctuated by long hiatuses and abounding in uncompleted, delayed, and jinxed projects—his filmography teems with the abject terms inachevé and non tourné (unfinished and unmade)—the final verdict remains inconclusive. James Quandt, The New York Review of Books, 31 July 2025 And along the north wall of the cloister, in a space that was once the nun’s refectory, is the most famous, albeit uncompleted, work of art in all of San Miguel de Allende—a powerful abstract mural by both David Alfaro Siqueiros, one of Mexico’s most famous muralists, and his students. Condé Nast Traveler, 13 July 2017 See All Example Sentences for uncompleted
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Adjective
  • From politics to philanthropy, healthcare to higher education, Black women continue to confront double standards that reveal the unfinished work of democracy itself.
    Jallicia Jolly, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • Her words prove true throughout his interview, during which Glover opens up for the first time about his life with Alzheimer's disease, often toggling between unfinished thoughts and poetic personal tangents.
    Janine Rubenstein, PEOPLE, 1 July 2026
Adjective
  • Reform has proven difficult, sometimes violent, and remains incomplete.
    Wesley Alexander Hill, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • But this narrative of the USMNT winning formula is, at worst, wrong and at best, incomplete.
    Michael Morris, Time, 1 July 2026

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“Uncompleted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uncompleted. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.

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