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incomplete

in·comp·lete

UK/ɪn.kəmˈpliːt/ US/ˌɪnkʌˈmplit/ fairly common

adjective

1.

not complete or total; not completed

  • “an incomplete account of his life”
  • “political consequences of incomplete military success”
  • “an incomplete forward pass”
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2.

lacking one or more of the four whorls of the complete flower--sepals or petals or stamens or pistils

  • “an incomplete flower”
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3.

not yet finished

  • “his thesis is still incomplete”
  • “an uncompleted play”
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Origin

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

Phrases

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

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