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
Then, on a third-and-long incompletion, defensive tackle Jide Abasiri was flagged for roughing the passer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026
During a game in which he caught 10 passes for 111 yards and scored two touchdowns, Nacua’s most important play was an incompletion.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 11, 2026
In the Baltimore case, the TD was overruled as an incompletion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 9, 2025
It must not, however, be concealed, that even in the classical writers, we have in words like δίστομος examples of incompletion of the radical.
From A Handbook of the English Language by R. G. (Robert Gordon) Latham
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