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incomplete
[ in-kuhm-pleet ]
adjective
- not complete; lacking some part.
Synonyms: fragmentary, partial, unfinished
- Football. (of a forward pass) not completed; not caught by a receiver.
- Engineering. noting a truss the panel points of which are not entirely connected so as to form a system of triangles. Compare complete ( def 8 ), redundant ( def 7c ).
- Logic, Philosophy.
- (of an expression or symbol) meaningful only in a specific context.
- (of a set of axioms) such that there is at least one true proposition (able to be formulated in terms of the basic ideas of a given system) that is not deducible from the set. Compare complete ( def 7 ).
noun
- Education. a temporary grade indicating that a student has not fulfilled one or more of the essential requirements for a course:
If I don't hand in my term paper for last semester's English course, the professor is going to change my incomplete to an F.
incomplete
/ ˌɪnkəmˈpliːt /
adjective
- not complete or finished
- not completely developed; imperfect
- logic
- (of a formal theory) not so constructed that the addition of a non-theorem to the axioms renders it inconsistent
- (of an expression) not having a reference of its own but requiring completion by another expression
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Derived Forms
- ˌincomˈpletely, adverb
- ˌincomˈpleteness, noun
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Other Words From
- incom·pletely adverb
- incom·pleteness noun
- subin·com·plete adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of incomplete1
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Example Sentences
In the meantime, most of the detailed studies are incomplete in one way or another.
I speak here to warn people that the facts presented in the opera are incomplete and distorted.
Was what happened to the Central Park Five completely wrong, or simply incomplete?
As a portrait of childhood in America, it is incomplete enough to be irresponsible.
They gave her the forms instead, which she carries with her incomplete.
An octave coupler without such extension is incomplete and is no more honest than a stop which only goes down to Tenor C.
He said it because his sentence sounded otherwise suspiciously incomplete.
Here ends Chaucer's portion of the translation, in the middle of an incomplete sentence, without any verb.
This sentence is incomplete; the translator has missed the line—'Et qu'ele a sa vie perdue.'
Every contract on a negotiable note is incomplete and revocable until its delivery.
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