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incomplete

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in·com·plete  (nkm-plt)
adj.
1. Not complete.
2. Football Not caught in bounds or intercepted: an incomplete forward pass.

incom·pletely adv.
incom·pleteness, incom·pletion n.

incomplete [ˌɪnkəmˈpliːt]
adj
1. not complete or finished
2. not completely developed; imperfect
3. (Philosophy / Logic) Logic
a.  (of a formal theory) not so constructed that the addition of a non-theorem to the axioms renders it inconsistent
b.  (of an expression) not having a reference of its own but requiring completion by another expression
incompletely  adv
incompleteness , incompletion n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.incompleteincomplete - not complete or total; not completed; "an incomplete account of his life"; "political consequences of incomplete military success"; "an incomplete forward pass"
fractional - constituting or comprising a part or fraction of a possible whole or entirety; "a fractional share of the vote"; "a partial dose"
complete - having every necessary or normal part or component or step; "a complete meal"; "a complete wardrobe"; "a complete set of the Britannica"; "a complete set of china"; "a complete defeat"; "a complete accounting"
2.incompleteincomplete - not yet finished; "his thesis is still incomplete"; "an uncompleted play"
unfinished - not brought to an end or conclusion; "unfinished business"; "the building is still unfinished"

incomplete
adjective unfinished, partial, insufficient, wanting, short, lacking, undone, defective, deficient, imperfect, undeveloped, fragmentary, unaccomplished, unexecuted, half-pie (N.Z. informal) Some offices had incomplete information on spending.
whole, finished, complete, perfect, accomplished, developed, unified
Translations
incomplete [ˌɪnkəmˈpliːt] ADJ (= partial) → incompleto; (= unfinished) → inacabado, sin terminar
the gathering would be incomplete without himsin él la reunión no estaría completa

incomplete [ˌɪnkəmˈpliːt] adj
(= unfinished) [task] → incomplet/ète
(= not total) [set, success, union] → inachevé(e)

incomplete
adj collection, seriesunvollkommen, unvollständig; knowledge, informationlückenhaft; (= not finished also) painting, novelunfertig; (referring to numbers) → unvollständig, nicht vollzählig

incomplete [ˌɪnkəmˈpliːt] adj (partial) → incompleto/a; (unfinished, work) → non finito/a; (book, painting) → incompiuto/a
incomplete [ˌɪnkəmˈpliːt] adj (partial) → incompleto/a; (unfinished, work) → non finito/a; (book, painting) → incompiuto/a

incomplete
adj incomplete [inkəmˈpliːt]
not complete or finished; with some part missing His novel was incomplete when he died; an incomplete pack of cards. onvoltooid غَيْر كامِل، غَيْر تام незавършен neúplný; nedokončený ufuldendt; ufuldstændig unvollständig ατελής, ελλιπής incompleto ebatäielik, lõpetamata ناقص؛ ناتمام epätäydellinen incomplet לא שָׁלֵם अपूर्ण nepotpun, nedovršen nem teljes tidak lengkap ófullgerður; sem vantar í incompleto 不完全な 미완료의 nepilnas, nepabaigtas nepabeigts; nepilnīgs; nepilns tidak lengkap onvoltooid, onvolledig ufullstendig, ufullendt niekompletny incompleto incomplet незавершённый; неполный neúplný; nedokončený nedokončan; nepopoln nepotpun ofullständig, ofullbordad ซึ่งไม่สมบูรณ์ eksik 不完全的 незакінчений, незавершений نامکمل chưa hoàn thành

incomplete ناقص nedokončený ufuldstændig unvollständig ημιτελής incompleto epätäydellinen incomplet nepotpun incompleto 不完全な 불완전한 onvolledig ufullstendig niekompletny incompleto неполный ofullständig ไม่สมบรูณ์ eksik không đầy đủ 不完善的


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"You see, old fellow," he said, "you must not take what I say in bad part; but really, between ourselves, you are in too incomplete a condition to appear in the moon
Either way, it is, in my opinion, impossible to found any valid legal declaration on a knowledge of the document so fragmentary and so incomplete as the knowledge which you possess.
In one or two cases I have known that detachment from the grosser needs of existence remain regrettably incomplete in the matter of drink.
 
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