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incomplete

  • /ɪn.kəmˈpliːt/

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Where it comes from

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

adjective more incomplete · most incomplete

  1. Not complete; not finished. Stefania handed in her writing incomplete.

    Similar: unwhole, underdone, unfinished, partial

  2. Of a flower, wanting any of the usual floral organs.

Opposite: complete

noun incompletes

  1. Internet A multipart file posted to a Usenet newsgroup that is incomplete and thus unusable.
  2. Internet A multiplayer game that is abandoned because one player disconnects.
  3. A designation of being incomplete. He got four incompletes out of five courses last semester.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: unfinished, uncomplete, unelaborated, uncompleted, rudimentary, partial, sketchy, broken, half, imperfect, inconclusive, unfulfilled, unsound, unmet, unsatisfactory, inadequate

adjective

Opposite: complete

Translations

Every language

adj not complete

Españolincompleto
日本語不完全 fukanzen, 未完 mikan, 途中 tochū, 中途半端 chūto hanpa
中文不完整的 bù wánzhěng de, 不完全的 bù wánquán de
हिन्दीअपूर्ण apūrṇ, अधूरा adhūrā, आंशिक āñśik
Portuguêsincompleto
Françaisincomplet
Deutschunvollständig
Italianoincompleto
Ελληνικάανολοκλήρωτος anoloklírotos, ατελής atelís, ατελείωτος ateleíotos
Românăincomplet
Русскийнепо́лный nepólnyj

adj wanting floral organs

中文不完全的 bù wánquán de
Italianoincompleto

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@misc{incomplete_2026,
  title = {incomplete},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/incomplete},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}