/ 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).