incompletion

English

Etymology

From in- +‎ completion or incomplete +‎ -ion[1]

Noun

incompletion (countable and uncountable, plural incompletions)

  1. (uncountable) The state or quality of not being complete.
  2. (countable) Something which is not completed.
  3. (countable, American football) A forward pass which is not caught inbounds by the intended receiver.
    Their strong defense forced three incompletions from the other team.

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “incompletion”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
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