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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
Derived Forms
- ˌincomˈpletely, adverb
- ˌincomˈpleteness, noun
Other Words From
- incom·pletely adverb
- incom·pleteness noun
- subin·com·plete adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of incomplete1
Example Sentences
The best grade the Bruins could hope for, given the way they played Friday against No. 18 Wisconsin, was incomplete.
Thursday's inquiry found that millions of euros had been paid out to cover the installation of safety systems along the railway, but that the project remained incomplete due to corruption and bureaucracy.
But in court, his lawyer said that the police had submitted an incomplete clip to frame his client.
Griffin argues the votes shouldn't be counted either because voters had incomplete voter registrations, overseas ballots lacked necessary photo identification or they were cast by voters who had never physically resided in the state.
Elections officials said the incomplete messages seem to have originated with BallotTrax, the software that sends automated messages to voters about the status of their mail ballots.
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