incompletion

[ in-kuhm-plee-shuhn ]

/ ˌɪn kəmˈpli ʃən /

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noun

Football. an incomplete forward pass.

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Origin of incompletion

First recorded in 1795–1805; in-³ + completion

A spike and an incompletion later, Rodgers again hit Adams on an in-breaker.
The Packers Need A Receiver Who Can Do It All. Good Thing They Have Davante Adams.|Robert O'Connell|January 20, 2022|FiveThirtyEight
They followed that up with incompletions on second and third down, and then they had just one more down to work with, with 17 seconds still on the clock.
The NFL’s Wild-Card Weekend Was Weirder And Dumber Than It Had Any Right To Be|Sara Ziegler (sara.ziegler@fivethirtyeight.com)|January 18, 2022|FiveThirtyEight
A subsequent incompletion by Jimmy Garoppolo bounced high in the air but Cowboys defenders could not snare it.
Cowboys’ last-gasp effort falls short as Niners secure 23-17 win|Des Bieler, Mark Maske, Sam Fortier|January 17, 2022|Washington Post
They reached the 16 but the drive stalled there, with Jimmy Garoppolo throwing incompletions on second and third downs.
Season is unraveling for Jimmy Garoppolo and the 49ers, who lose a slop-fest to the Colts|Mark Maske|October 25, 2021|Washington Post

In 2019 — Allen’s sophomore season — 23 percent of his incompletions were charted as off-target by ESPN’s Stats & Information Group, worst in the league.
Will Josh Allen Regress? Will Joe Burrow Stay Upright? Two QB Storylines To Watch This Season.|Josh Hermsmeyer|September 2, 2021|FiveThirtyEight
The authentic incompletion of the neid afforded a good pretext for cuts and erasures.
Decadence and Other Essays on the Culture of Ideas|Remy de Gourmont
Desire and need have been treated as signs of deficiency, and endeavor as proof not of power but of incompletion.
Human Nature and Conduct|John Dewey
Incompletion of the radical is one of the commonest causes of words being coined faultily.
A Handbook of the English Language|Robert Gordon Latham
Northward of this tomb is a sarcophagus that shows a well laid plan in a state of perpetual incompletion.
The Story of Cooperstown|Ralph Birdsall
He supposed he had apprehended dimly the risk of this incompletion in Paris during that first Long Vacation.
Sinister Street, vol. 2|Compton Mackenzie