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incomplete

Pronunciation: /ɪn.kəmˈpliːt/

The English word “incomplete” has 5 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. Not complete; not finished.
  2. Of a flower, wanting any of the usual floral organs.

noun

  1. A multipart file posted to a Usenet newsgroup that is incomplete and thus unusable.
  2. A multiplayer game that is abandoned because one player disconnects.
  3. A designation of being incomplete.

Etymology

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

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