incompletion
AmericanEtymology
Origin of incompletion
First recorded in 1795–1805; in- 3 + completion
Example Sentences
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In the Baltimore case, the TD was overruled as an incompletion.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 9, 2025
I threw or bad pass or something, an incompletion, and I’m looking over to the sidelines like, “Am I gonna get taken out again?”
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 20, 2024
One fourth-down incompletion later, their 23-20 loss was official and an underwhelming first NFL season for Johnston crept painfully forward.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2024
He came through unblocked on San Francisco’s last offensive play, forcing an incompletion that set up a short field goal by Jake Moody.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 11, 2024
Our chief reason—at moments there is a temptation to say 'our only reason'—for regretting the incompletion of the Pharsalia is that Lucan did not live to describe Cato's death.
From Post-Augustan Poetry From Seneca to Juvenal by Butler, Harold Edgeworth
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