incomplete Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective not complete or total; not completed
    uncomplete.
    • an incomplete account of his life
    • political consequences of incomplete military success
    • an incomplete forward pass
  2. adjective satellite not yet finished
    uncompleted.
    • his thesis is still incomplete
    • an uncompleted play

WordNet


In`com*plete" adjective
Etymology
L. incompletus: cf. F. incomplet. See In- not, and Complete.
Definitions
  1. Not complete; not filled up; not finished; not having all its parts, or not having them all adjusted; imperfect; defective.
    A most imperfect and incomplete divine. Milton.
  2. (Bot.) Wanting any of the usual floral organs; -- said of a flower.

Webster 1913