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Something incomplete is missing a part or unfinished. Incomplete things are not whole. A football pass that falls short is incomplete and so is an outfit without a shirt. A bridge to nowhere? Incomplete.

Incomplete describes things that are missing something. A chess set with a lost piece is incomplete. Incomplete also means “unfinished,” like that incomplete bridge to nowhere. People often feel their lives are incomplete until they do something like have a family or make a certain amount of money. You might get an incomplete grade for a class if your teacher is going to let you make up work you missed. When something's incomplete, part of that thing is missing or undone

DEFINITIONS OF: incomplete

adj not complete or total; not completed

“an incomplete account of his life”

“political consequences of incomplete military success”

“an incomplete forward pass”

Synonyms:: uncomplete

: fractional
constituting or comprising a part or fraction of a possible whole or entirety; broken
lacking a part or parts; half
partial; neither
not either; not one or the other; partial
being or affecting only a part; not total; rudimentary
being in the earliest stages of development; sketchy, unelaborated
giving only major points; lacking completeness; uncompleted
not caught or not caught within bounds

Antonyms:: complete
having every necessary or normal part or component or step; whole
including all components without exception; being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration; complete; absolute, downright, out-and-out, rank, right-down, sheer
complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers; accomplished, completed, realised, realized
successfully completed or brought to an end; all
completely given to or absorbed by; all-or-none, all-or-nothing
occurring completely or not occurring at all; all-out, full-scale
using all available resources; allover
covering the entire surface; clean
thorough and without qualification; completed
caught; dead, utter
complete; exhaustive, thorough, thoroughgoing
performed comprehensively and completely; fleshed out, full-clad
given substance or detail; completed; full, total
complete in extent or degree and in every particular; full-blown
having or displaying all the characteristics necessary for completeness; full-dress
complete in every respect; good
thorough; hearty
without reservation; self-contained
constituting a complete and independent unit in and of itself; sound
thorough; stand-alone
capable of operating independently; comprehensive
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adj not yet finished

“his thesis is still incomplete”

Synonyms:: uncompleted

: unfinished
not brought to an end or conclusion

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