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Webster 1913 Edition

Incomplete

Inˊcom-plete′

,
Adj.
[L.
incompletus
: cf. F.
incomplet
. See
In-
not, and
Complete
.]
1.
Not complete; not filled up; not finished; not having all its parts, or not having them all adjusted; imperfect; defective.
A most imperfect and
incomplete
divine.
Milton.
2.
(Bot.)
Wanting any of the usual floral organs; – said of a flower.
Incomplete equation
(Alg.)
,
an equation some of whose terms are wanting; or one in which the coefficient of some one or more of the powers of the unknown quantity is equal to 0.

Webster 1828 Edition

Incomplete

INCOMPLE'TE

,
Adj.
[in and complete.]
Not finished. The building is incomplete.
1.
Imperfect; defective.

Definition 2024

incomplete

incomplete

See also: incomplète

English

Adjective

incomplete ‎(comparative more incomplete, superlative most incomplete)

  1. Not complete; not filled up; not finished; not having all its parts, or not having them all adjusted; imperfect; defective.
  2. (botany) Of a flower, wanting any of the usual floral organs.

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Noun

incomplete ‎(plural incompletes)

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

Italian

Adjective

incomplete f pl

  1. feminine plural of incompleto

Latin

Adjective

incomplēte

  1. vocative masculine singular of incomplētus

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɪn.kəm.ˈpliːt/
  • Rhymes: -iːt

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