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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024in•com•plete /ˌɪnkəmˈplit/USA pronunciation adj. - lacking some part;
not complete.
in•com•plete•ly, adv. in•com•plete•ness, n. [uncountable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024in•com•plete (in′kəm plēt′),USA pronunciation adj. - not complete;
lacking some part. - Sport[Football.](of a forward pass) not completed;
not caught by a receiver. - Civil Engineering[Engin.]noting a truss the panel points of which are not entirely connected so as to form a system of triangles. Cf. complete (def. 8), redundant (def. 5c).
- Philosophy[Logic, Philos.]
- (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. Cf. complete (def. 7).
n. - Educationa 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.
- Late Latin incomplētus. See in-3, complete
- Middle English 1350–1400
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged unfinished, partial, fragmentary.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: incomplete /ˌɪnkəmˈpliːt/ adj - not complete or finished
- not completely developed; imperfect
ˌincomˈpletely adv ˌincomˈpleteness, ˌincomˈpletion n |