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incomplete
[in-kuhm-pleet]
adjective
not complete; lacking some part.
Synonyms: , ,Football.(of a forward pass) not completed; not caught by a receiver.
Engineering.noting a truss the panel points of which are not entirely connected so as to form a system of triangles.
Logic, Philosophy.
(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.
noun
Education.a 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.
incomplete
/ ˌɪəˈː /
adjective
not complete or finished
not completely developed; imperfect
logic
(of a formal theory) not so constructed that the addition of a non-theorem to the axioms renders it inconsistent
(of an expression) not having a reference of its own but requiring completion by another expression
Other 51Թ Forms
- incompletely adverb
- incompleteness noun
- subincomplete adjective
- ˌԳdzˈٱ adverb
- ˌԳdzˈٱԱ noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of incomplete1
Example Sentences
A study in medical journal The Lancet argues that the ministry underestimates the numbers killed by Israel, in part because its figures are incomplete.
Wannabe fascism is an incomplete version of fascism, it is characteristic of those who seek to destroy democracy for short-term personal gain but are not fully committed to the fascist cause.
However, the full cast and crew list appears to be incomplete.
That work, however, was suddenly halted dead in its tracks — project incomplete, money wasted, threat of civil conflict again rising.
But last Wednesday, the Trump administration said those findings relied on "flawed methodologies and incomplete data".
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