Incomplete

//ɪn.kəmˈpliːt// adj, noun

adj, noun ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Something incomplete.; A multipart file posted to a Usenet newsgroup that is incomplete and thus unusable. Internet
  2. 2
    Something incomplete.; A multiplayer game that is abandoned because one player disconnects. Internet
  3. 3
    A designation of being incomplete.

    "He got four incompletes out of five courses last semester."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Not complete; not finished.

    "Stefania handed in her writing incomplete."

  2. 2
    Of a flower, wanting any of the usual floral organs.
Adjective
  1. 1
    not complete or total; not completed wordnet
  2. 2
    not yet finished wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
brokenpartialadulteratedarrestedblemishedcallow

Example

More examples

"I noticed that I got a more lasting satisfaction from works of a more incomplete character."

Etymology

From Middle English incomplete, incompleet, from Late Latin incomplētus, from in- (“un-; not”) + complētus (“complete”), equivalent to in- (“not”) + complete.

Related phrases

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