Incomplete

Definition: Incomplete

Incomplete

Adjective

1. Not complete or total; not completed; "an incomplete account of his life"; "political consequences of incomplete military success"; "an incomplete forward pass".

2. (botany) lacking one or more of the four whorls of the complete flower--sepals or petals or stamens or pistils; "an incomplete flower".

3. Not yet finished; "his thesis is still incomplete"; "an uncompleted play".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "incomplete" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references)

Etymology: Incomplete \In`com*plete"\, adjective. [Latin expression incompletus: compare to the French expression incomplet. See In- not, and Complete.]. (references)

Synonyms: Incomplete

Imperfection

Adjective: imperfect; not perfect; deficient, defective; faulty, unsound, tainted; out of order, out of tune; cracked, leaky; sprung; warped; (distort); lame; injured; (deteriorated); peccant; (bad); frail; (weak); inadequate; (insufficient); crude; (unprepared); incomplete; found wanting; below par; short-handed; below its full strength, under its full strength, below its full complement.

Incompleteness

Verb: be incomplete; Adjective: fall short of; lack; (be insufficient); neglect.

Adjective: incomplete; imperfect; unfinished; uncompleted; (see complete; ); defective, deficient, wanting, lacking, failing; in default, in arrear; short of; hollow, meager, lame, halfand-half, perfunctory, sketchy; crude; (unprepared).

Insufficiency

Adjective: insufficient, inadequate; too little; not enough; unequal to; incompetent; (impotent); " weighed in the balance and found wanting "; perfunctory; (neglect); deficient; (incomplete); wanting; Verb: imperfect; ill-furnished, ill-provided, ill-stored, ill-off.

Noncompletion

Adjective: not completed; Verb: incomplete; uncompleted, unfinished, unaccomplished, unperformed, unexecuted; sketchy, addle.

Nonpreparation

Adjective: unprepared; without preparation; incomplete; rudimental, embryonic, abortive; immature, unripe, kachcha, raw, green, crude; coarse; rough cast, rough hewn; in the rough; unhewn, unformed, unfashioned, unwrought, unlabored, unblown, uncooked, unboiled, unconcocted, unpolished.

Teaching

Test, examination, exam; final exam, mid-term exam grade, score, marks; A,B,C,D,E,F; gentleman's C; pass, fail, incomplete.

Crosswords: Incomplete

Don't cry. Just score it as an incomplete forward pass (All About Eve; writing credit: Joseph L. Mankiewicz)

Incomplete records haunt me so. (Lake Placid; writing credit: David E. Kelley)

They will be incomplete. (Yes, Minister; writing credit: Semyon Lungin)

That without you girl my life is incomplete (Incomplete; performing artist: Sisqo)

Completely incomplete (Hanging By A Moment; performing artist: Lifehouse)

I was beat incomplete (Like A Virgin; performing artist: Madonna)

Suddenly I'm so incomplete (Love Takes Time; performing artist: Mariah Carey)

Seems incomplete (Underneath It All; performing artist: No Doubt)

Our five senses are incomplete without the sixth: a sense of humor. (references; author: unknown)

Incomplete (performing artist: Sisqo)

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References

• The World Market for Unassembled or Partly Assembled Complete Watch or Clock Movements, Assembled Incomplete Watch or Clock Movements, and Rough Watch or Clock Movements: A 2004 Global Trade Perspective (reference)

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Books

• Loose Ends, A Journaling Tool for Tying up the Incomplete Details of your Life and Heart (reference)

• The Incomplete Projects: Marxism, Modernity, and the Politics of Culture (reference)

  (more book examples)

Music

• Incomplete Crap (reference)

• Incomplete Crap, Vol. 2 (reference)

• The Incomplete Glenn Tilbrook (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

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U.S. Army, O'Reilly General Hospital, Springfield, Missouri. : Incomplete bedroom in Nurses' quarters. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Making 15.151 knots during the 9th run of her standardization trials, 23 October 1913. Note incomplete status of her hull paint forward and unfinished mainmast. Credit: NAVY.

Drawing made circa 1865. The incomplete Nashville was surrendered to Union forces on 10 May 1865. The original drawing is in color. Written in pencil in its lower left is "Hon. Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy, with respectful regards, His Obdt. Servant, Thornton A. Jenkins, Commodore, U.S. Navy.". Credit: NAVY.

Contemporary sketch of the ship. The incomplete Nashville was surrendered to Union forces on 10 May 1865. Credit: NAVY.

Interior of the wet slips, with the incomplete USS Putnam (Destroyer # 287, builder's Hull # 367) visible just behind the structural framework at left. Note barrels and other components for 4"/50 guns, in the left foreground, and railroad tank cars. Some of the material present is marked for Hulls 369 and 370 (respectively USS Flusser, Destroyer # 289, and USS Dale, Destroyer # 290). Photograph is dated 18 November 1919. Credit: NAVY.

Midbody of an incomplete "Koryu" in the assembly factory at Kure Naval Base, Japan, 19 October 1945. Credit: NAVY.

Ship's hull on exhibit at the Confederate Naval Museum, Columbus, Georgia, circa the middle 1960s. She was launched at Columbus in December 1864, and destroyed by Union troops on 17 April 1865, while incomplete. Her hull was recovered during the 1960s. Credit: NAVY.

How incomplete it seems!. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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He was busy with his great work on Duty, which unfortunately is left incomplete.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Knowledge of cofactors of disease incomplete. (references)

New, incomplete branches form and other branches become contorted. (references)

Retaining urine (incomplete emptying) sets the stage for urinary tract infections. (references)

Business

The National Statistics Service has incomplete data on local production and exports of ACR equipment and products. (references)

However, the fruits of high initial investment will most likely not be seen for a few years, especially given the current recession and the incomplete reform process. (references)

The wind map of Argentina is outdated and incomplete, a major complaint of sector specialists, who worry about the government’s apparent lack of concern for the industry. (references)

Children

Ukraine

As a result, according to one NGO, approximately 7,000 children with disabilities received an incomplete secondary education. (references)

Civil Liberties

Russia

However, implementation of the law (which was scheduled to go into effect early in 1997) remained incomplete. (references)

Mexico

Although the Government does reject a few applications, usually due to incomplete documentation, the registration process is routine. (references)

Economic History

Sri Lanka

The data provided by the BOI are incomplete. (references)

Russia

However, regional investment data for 2000 is incomplete. (references)

Russia

Attempts at economic reform, such as land reform, were incomplete. (references)

Human Rights

Rwanda

Approximately 90 percent of prisoners in custody during the year have files; however, the vast majority of those files are incomplete. (references)

Lithuania

The creation of administrative courts in 1999 was a significant part of the reform of the judicial system; however, the reform remained incomplete. (references)

Congo

Information about killings by Mai Mai, Interahamwe, and Hutu militia units remained very incomplete, and many such killings may not have been reported. (references)

Indigenous People

Guatemala

In 2000 when the Government designed a new 2000-2004 timetable for the implementation of the Peace Accords, it remained clear that the majority of the provisions regarding indigenous rights were incomplete. (references)

Political Economy

Rwanda

The Government released some detainees whose files were incomplete, who were acquitted, or who were ill or elderly. (references)

INDONESIA

Its efforts to return to the sustained economic growth it enjoyed before 1997 have been made more difficult by the fact that the country is simultaneously undergoing a painful and, so far, incomplete transition to democracy. (references)

Political Rights

Zimbabwe

Although most election observers agreed that the voting process itself generally was peaceful, 15 percent of voters were prevented from voting on election day on technical grounds or due to incomplete or inaccurate voters' rolls. (references)

Gabon

President Bongo, who has been President since 1967, was reelected for another 7-year term in a December 1998 election marred by irregularities that generally favored his incumbency, including incomplete and inaccurate electoral lists and the use of false documents to cast multiple votes. (references)

Trade

Hungary

License holders have the option to make a customs declaration with an incomplete or a substitute document (even electronically), or have customs clearing on the spot if the license holder starts customs processing without the involvement of a customs officer. (references)

Travel

Spain

If you do not carry an international telephone card, you may also reach the local international directory by dialing 025. Due to recent changes in the network, older telephone numbers may be incomplete or incorrect. (references)

Women

Belize

Although statistics are incomplete, the Ministry of Human Development, Women, and Civil Society estimated that there were about 1,000 domestic violence cases during the year. (references)

Benin

According to incomplete court statistics for Cotonou in 1999, only 35 criminal proceedings based on reports of violence against women were ongoing at the end of 1999. The maximum penalty ranges from 6 to 36 months' imprisonment. (references)

Worker Rights

Philippines

Statistics on actual work-related accidents and illnesses are incomplete, as incidents (especially in agriculture) are underreported. (references)

Sierra Leone

The registrar may reject applications for several reasons, including an insufficient number of members, proposed representation in an industry already served by an existing union, or incomplete documentation. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "incomplete": be incomplete ♦ incomplete abortion ♦ incomplete balance ♦ incomplete block ♦ incomplete bond ♦ incomplete call ♦ Incomplete equation ♦ Incomplete fistula ♦ incomplete fracture ♦ incomplete Freund's adjuvant ♦ incomplete pass ♦ incomplete ring ♦ John's cyclic incomplete block designs ♦ regular group divisible incomplete block deign. Additional references.

Ending with "incomplete": still-incomplete.

Albanian

i paplotë (defective, deficient, imperfect), i papërfunduar (unaccomplished, undone, unfinished), i metë (barmy, deficient, feebleminded, imbecile, moron, wanting), i mangët (defective, deficient, lacking, short, wanting). (various references)

Arabic 

‏ناقص (amiss, bid, defective, deficient, deprecatory, faulty, imperfect, inchoate, incorrect, insufficient, minus, nude, odd, reducible, revoked, scant, sketchy, truncate, unfinished, wanting), ‏غير كامل, ‏غير تام (imperfect). (various references)

Bulgarian 

незавършен (pendant, pendent, unaccomplished, unclosed, uncompleted, unfinished), непълен (imperfect, inadequate, insufficient, odd, partial, pendant, pendent, short, sketchy, unaccomplished), дефектен (defective, imperfect, irregular, vicious). (various references)

Chinese 

半半拉拉 (unfinished), 半 (aim, ample, and a half, extensive, half, obtain, plentiful, rich, semi-, to gamble, to get, to win), 残缺不全 (incompleteness), 殘 (cruel, destroy, disabled, injure, oppressive, ruin, savage, spoil). (various references)

Czech

nehotový (undone), nedokonèený (unaccomplished, unfinished), necelý, neúplný, kusý (sketchy). (various references)

Danish

inkomplet, ufuldstaendig. (various references)

Dutch

onvolledig, incompleet. (various references)

Esperanto

nekompleta. (various references)

Farsi 

پرنشده , معیوب (Incorrect), ناقص (Half, Halfbaked, Imperfect, Incorrect, Malformed, Mutilate, Rudimentary, Sketchy, Skimpy, Unperfect, Violator), ناتمام (Imperfect, Inconclusive, Partial, Unfinished), انجام نشده . (various references)

Finnish

vajaalukuinen (not fully attended, numerically), vaillinainen (defective, imperfect), suppea (brief, concise, succinct, terse, uninformative), epätäydellinen (imperfect). (various references)

French

incomplet (inchoate). (various references)

German

unvollständig (broken, defective, imperfect, inchoate, incompletely, uncompleted), lückenhaft (deficient, full of gaps, patchy, scrappy, sketchy). (various references)

Greek 

ελειπήσ, ατελήσ (deficient, half-baked, imperfect, inchoate, sketchy). (various references)

Hebrew 

לא מושלם (imperfect), לא שלם, לא גמור. (various references)

Hungarian

befejezetlen (half, imperfect, inchoate, unfinished). (various references)

Indonesian

tidak lengkap. (various references)

Italian

incompleto (broken, uncompleted). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

中途半端 (by halves, half measures, halfway, unfinished). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

そろわない (odd, unequal, uneven), ふぜん (evil, imperfect, mischief, partial, sin, vice), ふかんぜん (defective, faulty, imperfect), みせいり (pending), みかんせい (incompletion, unfinished), みかん (mandarin, unfinished, unpublished), ちゅうとはんぱ (by halves, half measures, halfway, unfinished). (various references)

Korean 

불완전한 (Defective, imperfect). (various references)

Manx

neuyeant (undone, unfinished), neuslane (imperfect), neuchreaghnit (uncompleted, unfinished), neuaarloo. (various references)

Norwegian

ufullstendig, uferdig. (various references)

Papiamen

inkompleto. (various references)

Pig Latin

incompleteay.(various references)

Portuguese

incompleto (defective, deficient, fragmentary, half, half-way, imperfect, pendant, pendent, sketchy, unaccomplished, unfinished). (various references)

Romanian

incomplet (abortive, deficient, fragmentary, imperfect, part, partial, partly, unaccomplished, unfinished), imperfect (defective, faulty, ill, imperfect, unfinished), neterminat (unaccomplished, unfinished, unvarnished), desperecheat (odd, unmatched). (various references)

Russian 

неполный (defective, deficient, half, imperfect, partial, parttime). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

nesvršen (imperfect, imperfective, undone, unfinished), nepotpun (unfinished), nekompletan. (various references)

Spanish

incompleto (scrappy, sketchy, uncompleted). (various references)

Swedish

ofullständig (defective, fragmentary, imperfect, partial). (various references)

Turkish

tamamlanmamış (fragmental, fragmentary, imperfect, outstanding, pendant, pendent, unaccomplished, unachieved, uncompleted, unfilled, unfinished), kusurlu (culpable, defective, faulty, imperfect, inaccurate, incommensurate, malformed, peccant, tainted), eksik (defective, deficiency, deficient, gappy, imperfect, inadequate, incommensurate, incompetent, insufficient, lacking, lame, less, minus, missing, missing part, out, ragged, scrimp, scrimpy, short, shortfall, shy, sketchy, skimp, skimpy, wanting), bitmemiş (roughcast, uncompleted, unfinished). (various references)

Ukrainian

незавершений (inconclusive, open), неповний (defective, half, imperfect, short), недосконалий (defective, deficient, faulty, imperfect). (various references)

Vietnamese 

thiếu (deficient, insufficient, missing, privative, scanty, scarce, unfurnished), chưa xong (undecided, unfinished), chưa đầy đủ chưa hoàn thành. (various references)

Welsh

anorffenedig, anghyflawn. (various references)

imperfectus, infecta, infectum, infectus, inperfectum. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "incomplete": incompletely, incompleteness, incompletenesses. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Incomplete" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: imcomplete, incompletor. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: impotence, policemen.

-2 letters: complete, compline, election, leptonic, pemoline, pentomic.

-3 letters: centile, centime, centimo, cineole, clement, compete, compile, complin, entopic, epitome, lection, licente, metopic, nepotic, onetime, penlite, petiole, picotee, pimento, pinocle, polemic, potence, potline, telomic, tonemic, topline.

-4 letters: cement, cenote, cineol, citole, cleome, client, coempt, compel, emetic, emetin, enolic, entice, entoil, etoile, icemen, impone, incept.

+2 letters: complimented, contemptible, incompletely, pinealectomy.

+3 letters: complementing, contemplative, incompetently, nephelometric, paleomagnetic, splenectomies, splenectomize.

+4 letters: compatibleness, complementizer, contemplatives, exceptionalism, incompleteness, pinealectomies, pinealectomize, splenectomized, splenectomizes.

+5 letters: complementaries, complementarily, complementarity, complementation, complementizers, complicatedness, contemplatively, exceptionalisms, exemplification, phenomenalistic, pinealectomized, pinealectomizes, plainclothesmen, splenectomizing.