incompletion
AmericanEtymology
Origin of incompletion
First recorded in 1795–1805; in- 3 + completion
Example Sentences
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Incompletion adds to the mystique, surely, as Murillo fell from a scaffolding while at work on this canvas and died shortly after.
From New York Times • Jan. 12, 2023
Incompletion, frustration, desolation—the ruins of grand schemes and grand schemers—were his lifelong themes; they’re at the center of “The Other Side of the Wind,” and they nearly swallowed it up.
From The New Yorker • Nov. 2, 2018
Best Series: After that horrific interception, which gave the Rams the ball at Washington’s 20, Grossman was bailed out by his defense, like so: Incompletion, penalty, Stephen Bowen sack, Brian Orakpo sack.
From Washington Post • Oct. 2, 2011
Incompletion of the radical is one of the commonest causes of words being coined faultily.
From A Handbook of the English Language by Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon)
Incompletion is force fighting; completion is force quiescent, its work done.
From Dreamthorp A Book of Essays Written in the Country by Smith, Alexander
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