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in·com·plete

 (ĭn′kəm-plēt′)
adj.
1. Not complete.
2. Football Not caught in bounds or intercepted: an incomplete forward pass.
n.
A grade indicating that the requirements for an academic course or assignment have not been met.

in′com·plete′ly adv.
in′com·plete′ness, in′com·ple′tion n.
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incomplete

(ˌɪnkəmˈpliːt)
adj
1. not complete or finished
2. not completely developed; imperfect
3. (Logic) logic
a. (of a formal theory) not so constructed that the addition of a non-theorem to the axioms renders it inconsistent
b. (of an expression) not having a reference of its own but requiring completion by another expression
ˌincomˈpletely adv
ˌincomˈpleteness, ˌincomˈpletion n
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in•com•plete

(ˌɪn kəmˈplit)

adj.
1. lacking some part.
2. (of a forward pass) not completed.
[1350–1400; Middle English < Late Latin]
in`com•plete′ly, adv.
in`com•plete′ness, n.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.incomplete - not complete or totalincomplete - not complete or total; not completed; "an incomplete account of his life"; "political consequences of incomplete military success"; "an incomplete forward pass"
fractional - constituting or comprising a part or fraction of a possible whole or entirety; "a fractional share of the vote"; "a partial dose"
complete - having every necessary or normal part or component or step; "a complete meal"; "a complete wardrobe"; "a complete set of the Britannica"; "a complete set of china"; "a complete defeat"; "a complete accounting"
2.incomplete - not yet finishedincomplete - not yet finished; "his thesis is still incomplete"; "an uncompleted play"
unfinished - not brought to an end or conclusion; "unfinished business"; "the building is still unfinished"
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incomplete

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incomplete

adjective
Lacking an essential element:
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Translations
غَيْر كامِل، غَيْر تامنَاقِصٌ
nedokončenýneúplný
ufuldstændigufuldendt
epätäydellinen
nepotpun
nem teljes
ófullgerîur; sem vantar í
不完全な
불완전한
nepabaigtasnepilnas
nepabeigtsnepilnīgsnepilns
neúplný
nepopoln
ofullständig
ไม่สมบูรณ์
không đầy đủ

incomplete

[ˌɪnkəmˈpliːt] ADJ (= partial) → incompleto; (= unfinished) → inacabado, sin terminar
the gathering would be incomplete without himsin él la reunión no estaría completa
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incomplete

[ˌɪnkəmˈpliːt] adj
(= unfinished) [task] → incomplet/ète
(= not total) [set, success, union] → inachevé(e)
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

incomplete

adj collection, seriesunvollkommen, unvollständig; knowledge, informationlückenhaft; (= not finished also) painting, novelunfertig; (referring to numbers) → unvollständig, nicht vollzählig
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

incomplete

[ˌɪnkəmˈpliːt] adj (partial) → incompleto/a; (unfinished, work) → non finito/a; (book, painting) → incompiuto/a
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

incomplete

(inkəmˈpliːt) adjective
not complete or finished; with some part missing. His novel was incomplete when he died; an incomplete pack of cards.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.

incomplete

نَاقِصٌ nedokončený ufuldstændig unvollständig ημιτελής incompleto epätäydellinen incomplet nepotpun incompleto 不完全な 불완전한 onvolledig ufullstendig niekompletny incompleto неполный ofullständig ไม่สมบูรณ์ eksik không đầy đủ 不完善的
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incomplete

a. incompleto-a, parcial, sin terminar una función.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

incomplete

adj incompleto
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References in classic literature ?
"You see, old fellow," he said, "you must not take what I say in bad part; but really, between ourselves, you are in too incomplete a condition to appear in the moon!"
Either way, it is, in my opinion, impossible to found any valid legal declaration on a knowledge of the document so fragmentary and so incomplete as the knowledge which you possess.
"Heart" was intended for a much longer tale, and is unavoidably incomplete; but it is unnecessary to point out defects that even the juvenile reader will soon detect.
In one or two cases I have known that detachment from the grosser needs of existence remain regrettably incomplete in the matter of drink.
but it is not a man's; and as a child is incomplete, it is evident that his virtue is not to be referred to himself in his present situation, but to that in which he will be complete, and his preceptor.
Suffice it that I am the completion of your incomplete self.
He baptized his adopted child, and gave him the name of Quasimodo, either because he desired thereby to mark the day, when he had found him, or because he wished to designate by that name to what a degree the poor little creature was incomplete, and hardly sketched out.
Without waking him, she went back, and after a second dose of opium she fell towards morning into a heavy, incomplete sleep, during which she never quite lost consciousness.
Nothing hastily done; nothing incomplete. True affection only could have prompted it."
Your unselfishness cannot entirely comprehend how much my mind has gone on this; but, only ask yourself, how could my happiness be perfect, while yours was incomplete?"
To the proofs and remarks which former papers have brought into view on this subject, it may be added that without this supplemental provision, the great and essential power of regulating foreign commerce would have been incomplete and ineffectual.
`I told some of you last Thursday of the principles of the Time Machine, and showed you the actual thing itself, incomplete in the workshop.