incompletion
AmericanEtymology
Origin of incompletion
First recorded in 1795–1805; in- 3 + completion
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Already within field-goal range in the final minute, they threw the ball on both first and second downs, resulting in an incompletion and a receiver running out of bounds—stopping the clock for Jacksonville each time.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026
In the Baltimore case, the TD was overruled as an incompletion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 9, 2025
After a short run, an incompletion and a short pass, Maryland went for it on fourth and goal from the two.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2025
Sierra Canyon drove to the 13-yard line with 2:20 left, but on fourth down, the potential game-tying drive ended when Orange Lutheran’s Izley Manutai deflected the pass for an incompletion.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2024
The two parts brought the subject down to the fifteenth century, and were so ably written and beautifully illustrated as to intensify our regret at the incompletion of the task.
From In Search of Gravestones Old and Curious by W.T. (William Thomas) Vincent
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