INCOMPLETE


Meaning of INCOMPLETE in English

/ ˌɪnkəmˈpliːt; NAmE / adjective , noun

■ adjective

not having everything that it should have; not finished or complete :

an incomplete set of figures

Spoken language contains many incomplete sentences.

OPP complete

►  in·com·plete·ly adverb :

The causes of the phenomenon are still incompletely understood.

►  in·com·plete·ness noun [ U ]

■ noun

( NAmE ) the grade that a student gets for a course of education when they have not completed all the work for that course

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WORD ORIGIN

late Middle English : from late Latin incompletus , from Latin in- not + completus filled, finished (past participle of complere fill up, finish, fulfil, from com- (expressing intensive force) + plere fill).

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.