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incomplete

/ɪn.kəmˈpliːt/

incomplete adjective: not complete; not finished.

Adjective

incomplete (comparative more incomplete, superlative most incomplete)

  1. Not complete; not finished.
    • Stefania handed in her writing incomplete.
    • an incomplete jigsaw puzzle
  2. Of a flower, wanting any of the usual floral organs.

Noun

incomplete (plural incompletes)

  1. (Internet) A multipart file posted to a Usenet newsgroup that is incomplete and thus unusable.
  2. (Internet) A multiplayer game that is abandoned because one player disconnects.
  3. A designation of being incomplete.
    • He got four incompletes out of five courses last semester.

incomplete meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

incomplete in Hindi

not complete
अपूर्ण apūrṇ, अधूरा adhūrā, आंशिक āñśik

incomplete in Tamil

not complete
அரைகுறை araikuṟai

incomplete in Marathi

incomplete, imperfect
अधोरा adhorā
incomplete, partial, insufficient
अपुरे apure
incomplete, deficient
व्यंगित vyaṅgit

incomplete in Urdu

incomplete, partial
ادھورا adhūrā
incomplete, lacking
ناقص nāqis
incomplete, undone
کمزور kamzor
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incomplete in Bengali
অসম্পূর্ণ ośompurno
incomplete in Telugu
అసంపూర్ణం, అసంపూర్ణమైనది
incomplete in Malayalam
അപൂർണ്ണം apūṟṇṇaṁ
incomplete in Kannada
ಅಪೂರ್ಣ, ಅಸಂಪೂರ್ಣ, ಅಸಮಗ್ರ, ಅರೆಬರೆ
incomplete in Punjabi
ਅਪੂਰਨ apūran
incomplete in Gujarati
અધૂરું adhūrũ
incomplete in Odia
ଖଣ୍ଡ khaṇḍa
incomplete in Sanskrit
अनवपृग्ण anavapṛgṇa, अपर्याप्त aparyāpta
incomplete in Assamese
আধৰুৱা adhorua
incomplete in Nepali
अपूर्ण, असम्पूर्ण
incomplete in Indonesian
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Examples of incomplete in a sentence

  • My knowledge on the subject is incomplete.
  • He considers that his life would be incomplete if not for his children.

All 40 example sentences with incomplete

Synonyms of incomplete

Antonyms

Forms of incomplete

Adjective
comparativemore incomplete
superlativemost incomplete
Noun
pluralincompletes

Origin of incomplete

From Middle English incomplete, incompleet, from Late Latin incomplētus, from in- (“un-; not”) + complētus (“complete”), equivalent to in- (“not”) + complete.

Words formed from incomplete

Phrases with incomplete

Words that rhyme with incomplete

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Questions about incomplete

What does incomplete mean?
Incomplete means not complete; not finished.
What is incomplete in Hindi?
Incomplete in Hindi is अपूर्ण (apūrṇ), अधूरा (adhūrā), आंशिक (āñśik). See Incomplete meaning in Hindi.
How do you use incomplete in a sentence?
My knowledge on the subject is incomplete.
What part of speech is incomplete?
Incomplete can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce incomplete?
Incomplete is pronounced /ɪn.kəmˈpliːt/.

Words near incomplete in the dictionary

  1. incompleatly
  2. incompleatness
  3. incompletability
  4. incompletable
  5. incompletableness
  6. incomplete
  7. incomplete abortion
  8. incomplete abortions
  9. incomplete dominance
  10. incomplete flower
  11. incomplete flowers

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: incomplete (page history and authors); अधोरा (Marathi) (page history and authors); ادھورا (Urdu) (page history and authors); incomplete (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); incomplete (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਅਪੂਰਨ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); ଖଣ୍ଡ (Odia) (page history and authors); incomplete (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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