incomplete

See also: incomplète

English

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/

  • Audio (US)

    (file)

• Rhymes: -iːt

Adjective

incomplete (comparative more incomplete, superlative most incomplete)

1. Not complete; not finished

   Stefania handed in her writing incomplete.

   an incomplete jigsaw puzzle

   My knowledge on the subject is incomplete.

   He considers that his life would be incomplete if not for his children.

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

Synonyms

• (not complete): unwhole, underdone, unfinished

Antonyms

• complete

Derived terms

• incomplete abortion
• incomplete dominance
• incomplete flower
• incomplete sentence

 

Related terms

• incompletely
• incompletion

Translations

not complete

• Armenian: անավարտ (hy) (anavart), թերի (hy) (tʻeri), պակաս (hy) (pakas)
• Assamese: আধৰুৱা (adhorua)
• Asturian: incompletu
• Bengali: অসম্পূর্ণ (bn) (ośompurno)
• Breton: diglok (br)
• Bulgarian: непълен (bg) (nepǎlen), незавършен (bg) (nezavǎršen)
• Catalan: incomplet
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 不完整的 (bù wánzhěng de), 不完全的 (bù wánquán de)

• Czech: neúplný m
• Danish: ukomplet
• Dutch: incompleet (nl), onvolledig (nl)
• Esperanto: nekompleta, malkompleta
• Finnish: epätäydellinen (fi), vaillinainen (fi), puutteellinen (fi), keskeneräinen (fi)
• French: incomplet (fr)
• Galician: incompleto (gl)
• Georgian: არასრული (arasruli)
• German: unvollständig (de)
• Greek: ανολοκλήρωτος (el) (anoloklírotos), ατελής (el) (atelís), ατελείωτος (el) (ateleíotos)

  Ancient: ἀτελείωτος (ateleíōtos)

• Gujarati: અધૂરું (adhūrũ)
• Irish: anfhoirfe, neamhfhoirfe
• Italian: incompleto (it)
• Japanese: 不完全 (ja) (fukanzen), 未完 (ja) (mikan), 途中 (ja) (tochū), 中途半端 (ja) (chūto hanpa)
• Latin: infectus
• Malayalam: അപൂർണ്ണം (apūṟṇṇaṁ)
• Maori: kohuku, tarepa, kōkau, hukihuki, pahara
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: uferdig

  Nynorsk: uferdig

• Occitan: incomplet (oc)
• Polish: niepełny (pl) m
• Portuguese: incompleto (pt)
• Romanian: incomplet (ro)
• Russian: непо́лный (ru) (nepólnyj)
• Sanskrit: अनवपृग्ण (sa) (anavapṛgṇa), अपर्याप्त (sa) (aparyāpta)
• Scottish Gaelic: neo-iomlan
• Spanish: incompleto (es)
• Swedish: ofullständig (sv), inkomplett (sv), ofullbordad (sv)
• Ukrainian: непо́вний (nepóvnyj), незаве́ршений (nezavéršenyj), незакі́нчений (nezakínčenyj)

wanting floral organs

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 不完全的 (bù wánquán de)

• Finnish: epätäydellinen (fi)
• Italian: incompleto (it)

Noun

incomplete (plural incompletes)

1. Something incomplete.
   1. (Usenet) A multipart file posted to a Usenet newsgroup that is incomplete and thus unusable.
   2. (video games, 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.

Anagrams

• emplection

Italian

Adjective

incomplete f pl

1. feminine plural of incompleto

Latin

Adjective

incomplēte

1. vocative masculine singular of incomplētus