incompletion

English

Etymology

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 (2001–2024) “incompletion”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
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