incomplete
adjectivenounattested in dialogue
- //ɪn.kəmˈpliːt//
Not complete; not finished.
adjective
- 1
Not complete; not finished.
Stefania handed in her writing incomplete.
an incomplete jigsaw puzzle
My knowledge on the subject is incomplete.
He considers that his life would be incomplete if not for his children.
- 2
Of a flower, wanting any of the usual floral organs.
Etymology
From Middle English incomplete, incompleet, from Late Latin incomplētus, from in- (“un-; not”) + complētus (“complete”), equivalent to in- (“not”) + complete.
noun
- 1
Something incomplete. A multipart file posted to a Usenet newsgroup that is incomplete and thus unusable.
- 2
Something incomplete. A multiplayer game that is abandoned because one player disconnects.
- 3
A designation of being incomplete.
He got four incompletes out of five courses last semester.
Forms
- plural
- incompletes
- comparative
- more incomplete
- superlative
- most incomplete
incomplete · Not complete; not finished.
incomprehensible · Impossible or very difficult to understand.inconvenience · The quality of being inconvenient.inconvenient · not convenient