English Explanatory Dictionary

incomplete

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Not complete; not finished.
  2. Of a flower, wanting any of the usual floral organs.
noun
  1. Something incomplete.
  2. A multipart file posted to a Usenet newsgroup that is incomplete and thus unusable.
  3. A multiplayer game that is abandoned because one player disconnects.
  4. A designation of being incomplete.

Pronunciation

/ɪn.kəmˈpliːt/ en-us-incomplete.ogg

Word forms

incomplete more incomplete most incomplete incompletes

Etymology

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

Synonyms

unwhole underdone unfinished

Antonyms

complete

Related words

incompletely incompletion

Derived words

incomplete abortion incomplete dominance incomplete flower incompleteness incomplete sentence subincomplete
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