incomplete

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The broader scientific community needed extensive discussion and debate before considering the possibility that earlier interpretations might be incomplete.

From Science Daily • Mar. 29, 2026

It has run various projects to digitize and share the archives publicly before, which have resulted in incomplete, outdated and user-unfriendly databases, but still says it wants to do it itself.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 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 incomplete list, launched last autumn, is constantly updated and so far includes government apps and websites, as well as some banks and state media.

From Barron's • Mar. 11, 2026

Katie had made up her mind to marry him—if he asked her—simply because life was incomplete without a man to love her.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith