incomplete

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The incomplete land registry at the time made ownership across much of Greece unclear.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

But the mere possibility that they might has already accomplished something important: It has exposed how incomplete our understanding of consciousness still is.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

A recent “point in time” count, as they’re called, the famously incomplete snapshot of how many people are homeless in a city on a given night, clocked the city’s homeless population at 2,500.

From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026

The observation suggests that current theoretical explanations are incomplete and that scientists need a more sophisticated framework to explain why some decays release one neutron while others release two.

From Science Daily • Mar. 13, 2026

At the center of the Midway, the procession veered around the woefully incomplete Ferris Wheel, which Burnham eyed with displeasure.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson