incomplete.
Not complete; not finished.
Meaning & usage
Not complete; not finished.
Stefania handed in her writing incomplete.
an incomplete jigsaw puzzle
Of a flower, wanting any of the usual floral organs.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English incomplete, incompleet, from Late Latin incomplētus, from in- (“un-; not”) + complētus (“complete”), equivalent to in- (“not”) + complete.
Something incomplete. A multipart file posted to a Usenet newsgroup that is incomplete and thus unusable.
Something incomplete. A multiplayer game that is abandoned because one player disconnects.
A designation of being incomplete.
He got four incompletes out of five courses last semester.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English incomplete, incompleet, from Late Latin incomplētus, from in- (“un-; not”) + complētus (“complete”), equivalent to in- (“not”) + complete.
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