INCOMPLETE

incomplete, uncomplete

(adjective) not complete or total; not completed; “an incomplete account of his life”; “political consequences of incomplete military success”; “an incomplete forward pass”

incomplete, uncompleted

(adjective) not yet finished; “his thesis is still incomplete”; “an uncompleted play”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

incomplete (comparative more incomplete, superlative most incomplete)

Not complete; not finished

(botany) Of a flower, wanting any of the usual floral organs.

Synonyms

• (not complete): unwhole, underdone, unfinished

Antonyms

• complete

Noun

incomplete (plural incompletes)

Something incomplete.

(Internet) A multipart file posted to Usenet that is incomplete and thus unusable.

(Internet) A multiplayer game that is abandoned because one player disconnects.

A designation of being incomplete.

Anagrams

• emplection

Source: Wiktionary


In`com*plete", a. Etym: [L. incompletus: cf. F. incomplet. See In- not, and Complete.]

1. Not complete; not filled up; not finished; not having all its parts, or not having them all adjusted; imperfect; defective. A most imperfect and incomplete divine. Milton.

2. (Bot.)

Definition: Wanting any of the usual floral organs; -- said of a flower. Incomplete equation (Alg.), an equation some of whose terms are wanting; or one in which the coefficient of some one or more of the powers of the unknown quantity is equal to 0.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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14 May 2025

TERNARY

(adjective) having three units or components or elements; “a ternary operation”; “a treble row of red beads”; “overcrowding made triple sessions necessary”; “triple time has three beats per measure”; “triplex windows”


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