In-complete

adjective

not complete; lacking some part.

Football. (of a forward pass) not completed; not caught by a receiver.

Engineering. noting a truss the panel points of which are not entirely connected so as to form a system of triangles. Compare complete ( def 8 ), redundant ( def 5c ).

Logic, Philosophy.

(of an expression or symbol) meaningful only in a specific context.

(of a set of axioms) such that there is at least one true proposition (able to be formulated in terms of the basic ideas of a given system) that is not deducible from the set. Compare complete ( def 7 ).

noun

Education. a temporary grade indicating that a student has not fulfilled one or more of the essential requirements for a course: If I don't hand in my term paper for last semester's English course, the professor is going to change my incomplete to an F.

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an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.

a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.

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Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English < Late Latin incomplētus. See in-³, complete

Related forms

in·com·plete·ly, adverb

in·com·plete·ness, noun

sub·in·com·plete, adjective

Synonyms
1. unfinished, partial, fragmentary.

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incomplete (ˌɪnkəmˈpliːt)

—*adj*
1.	not complete or finished
2.	not completely developed; imperfect
3.	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

incom'pletely

—*adv*

incom'pleteness

—n

incom'pletion

—n

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incomplete

c.1380, from L. incompletus, from in- "not" + completus (see complete).

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"'Tis chastity, my brother, chastity.
She that has that is clad in complete steel,
And like a quivered nymph with arrows keen
May trace huge forests and unharbored heaths,
Infamous hills and sandy perilous wilds,
Where, through the sacred rays of chastity,
No savage fierce, bandit, or mountaineer
Will dare to soil her virgin purity."

-John Milton

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