incomplete

[ in-kuhm-pleet ]

/ ˌɪn kəmˈplit /

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adjective

not complete; lacking some part.

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. 5c).

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.

OTHER WORDS FOR incomplete

1 unfinished, partial, fragmentary.

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Origin of incomplete

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English word from Late Latin word incomplētus.See in-³, complete

OTHER WORDS FROM incomplete

in·com·plete·ly, adverbin·com·plete·ness, nounsub·in·com·plete, adjective

Words nearby incomplete

incomparable, incompatible, incompetence, incompetent, incompetent cervix, incomplete, incomplete abortion, incomplete antibody, incomplete antigen, incomplete dominance, incomplete fistula

How to use incomplete in a sentence

Adding to the complexity is a dense, incomplete web of regulations around which kinds of products can be sold and promoted.
‘An educational stance’: Publishers mull CBD’s alluring – and complex – commerce opportunities|Max Willens|September 17, 2020|Digiday
Ikhrata said the audit contains “flawed conclusions,” “incomplete information” and a biased “accusational tone.”
Morning Report: New Ethics Concerns for City Council Candidate|Voice of San Diego|September 3, 2020|Voice of San Diego
As reopened businesses require some parents to return to work, they’re left to make decisions based on competing priorities and incomplete information.
What to consider when deciding whether to send your kid back to school|Alexandra Ossola|September 2, 2020|Quartz
Another third of applications submitted to MTS were deemed incomplete.
MTS Frequently Overrules Doctors’ Orders on Reduced Fares for the Disabled|Lisa Halverstadt|August 31, 2020|Voice of San Diego

These tools are siloed and provide an incomplete view of the consumer journey and behavior.
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In the meantime, most of the detailed studies are incomplete in one way or another.
New York’s Conservative Fracking Ban|Jay Michaelson|December 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I speak here to warn people that the facts presented in the opera are incomplete and distorted.
Rudy Giuliani: Why I Protested ‘The Death of Klinghoffer’|Rudy Giuliani|October 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Was what happened to the Central Park Five completely wrong, or simply incomplete?
The Myth of the Central Park Five|Edward Conlon|October 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
As a portrait of childhood in America, it is incomplete enough to be irresponsible.
Black 'Boyhood' Is Always Black First, Boy Later|Teo Bugbee|August 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
They gave her the forms instead, which she carries with her incomplete.
Italy's Latest Export Is Refugees, and the Rest of Europe Is Not Happy|Barbie Latza Nadeau|August 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
An octave coupler without such extension is incomplete and is no more honest than a stop which only goes down to Tenor C.
The Recent Revolution in Organ Building|George Laing Miller
He said it because his sentence sounded otherwise suspiciously incomplete.
The Wave|Algernon Blackwood
Here ends Chaucer's portion of the translation, in the middle of an incomplete sentence, without any verb.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 1 (of 7) -- Romaunt of the Rose; Minor Poems|Geoffrey Chaucer
This sentence is incomplete; the translator has missed the line—'Et qu'ele a sa vie perdue.'
Chaucer's Works, Volume 1 (of 7) -- Romaunt of the Rose; Minor Poems|Geoffrey Chaucer
Every contract on a negotiable note is incomplete and revocable until its delivery.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman|Albert Sidney Bolles

British Dictionary definitions for incomplete

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

Derived forms of incomplete

incompletely, adverbincompleteness or incompletion, noun

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