incomplete
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
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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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synonyms:
uncomplete
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fractional
constituting or comprising a part or fraction of a possible whole or entirety
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broken
lacking a part or parts
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half
partial
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neither
not either; not one or the other
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partial
being or affecting only a part; not total
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rudimentary
being in the earliest stages of development
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skeletal, sketchy, unelaborated
giving only major points; lacking completeness
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uncompleted
not caught or not caught within bounds
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Antonyms:
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complete
having every necessary or normal part or component or step
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whole
including all components without exception; being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration; complete
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absolute, downright, out-and-out, rank, right-down, sheer
complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers
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accomplished, completed, realised, realized
successfully completed or brought to an end
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all
completely given to or absorbed by
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all-or-none, all-or-nothing
occurring completely or not occurring at all
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all-out, full-scale
using all available resources
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allover
covering the entire surface
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clean
thorough and without qualification
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completed
caught
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dead, utter
complete
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exhaustive, thorough, thoroughgoing
performed comprehensively and completely
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fleshed out, full-clad
given substance or detail; completed
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full, total
complete in extent or degree and in every particular
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full-blown
having or displaying all the characteristics necessary for completeness
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full-dress
complete in every respect
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good
thorough
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hearty
without reservation
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self-contained
constituting a complete and independent unit in and of itself
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sound
thorough
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stand-alone
capable of operating independently
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comprehensive, overarching
including all or everything
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fractional
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not yet finished“his thesis is still incomplete”
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synonyms:
uncompleted
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unfinished
not brought to an end or conclusion
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unfinished
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