incomplete
- 01 B1 Intermediate
adj.not finished or missing some parts.
adj.not having all the necessary or appropriate parts; unfinished.
Simple“The construction of the new bridge is still incomplete, so the road remains closed.”
In context“The detective found the evidence to be incomplete, as several key witness statements were missing from the final report.”
- 02 C2 Proficiency
adj.describes a flower that is missing one or more of its usual parts.
adj.lacking one or more of the four basic floral organs: sepals, petals, stamens, or pistils.
Simple“An incomplete flower might have petals but lack the parts needed to make seeds.”
In context“The botanist identified the specimen as an incomplete flower because it lacked a calyx, a common trait in this specific genus.”
Antonyms - 03 C1 Advanced
n.a file, image, or post on the internet that has not finished loading or is missing data.
n.a digital file or data set that is partially uploaded or missing segments, often used in file-sharing contexts.
Simple“I couldn't open the video because the download was an incomplete.”
In context“The server logs indicated that several incompletes were cluttering the directory after the connection timed out during the batch upload.”
Usage incomplete data · incomplete information · incomplete picture
From Middle English incomplete, incompleet, from Late Latin incomplētus, from in- (“un-; not”) + complētus (“complete”), equivalent to in- (“not”) + complete.
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.