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UNCOMPLETED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does uncompleted mean?
• UNCOMPLETED (adjective)
The adjective UNCOMPLETED has 2 senses:
1. not yet finished
2. not caught or not caught within bounds
Familiarity information: UNCOMPLETED used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Not yet finished
Synonyms:
incomplete; uncompleted
Context example:
an uncompleted play
Similar:
unfinished (not brought to an end or conclusion)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Not caught or not caught within bounds
Context example:
an uncompleted pass
Similar:
incomplete; uncomplete (not complete or total; not completed)
Domain category:
football; football game (any of various games played with a ball (round or oval) in which two teams try to kick or carry or propel the ball into each other's goal)
Context examples
I would fall asleep in the act of carrying food to my mouth and waken in torment to find the act yet uncompleted.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
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