adj · noun · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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/ɪn.kəmˈpliːt/
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rhymes with -iːt
CMU ARPABET:IH2 N K AH0 M P L IY1 T
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Not complete; not finished.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
Stefania handed in her writing incomplete.
an incomplete jigsaw puzzle
My knowledge on the subject is incomplete.
He considers that his life would be incomplete if not for his children.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
adj
Meaning 2
Of a flower, wanting any of the usual floral organs.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
Something incomplete.
A multipart file posted to a Usenet newsgroup that is incomplete and thus unusable.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Internet
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
Something incomplete.
A multiplayer game that is abandoned because one player disconnects.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Internet
Topics: video-games
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
noun
Meaning 5
A designation of being incomplete.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
He got four incompletes out of five courses last semester.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
6
adjective
Meaning 6
not complete or total; not completed
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
an incomplete account of his life
political consequences of incomplete military success
an incomplete forward pass
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: uncomplete
Antonyms: complete
7
adjective satellite
Meaning 7
not yet finished
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
his thesis is still incomplete
an uncompleted play
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: uncompleted
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Middle English incomplete, incompleet, from Late Latin incomplētus, from in- (“un-; not”) + complētus (“complete”), equivalent to in- (“not”) + complete.
Across languages
Translations
73 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Armenian:
անավարտ
(anavart)
— not complete
Armenian:
թերի
(tʻeri)
— not complete
Armenian:
պակաս
(pakas)
— not complete
Assamese:
আধৰুৱা
(adhorua)
— not complete
Asturian:
incompletu
— not complete
Bengali:
অসম্পূর্ণ
(ośompurno)
— not complete
Breton:
diglok
— not complete
Bulgarian:
непълен
(nepǎlen)
— not complete
Bulgarian:
незавършен
(nezavǎršen)
— not complete
Catalan:
incomplet
— not complete
Chinese Mandarin:
不完整的
(bù wánzhěng de)
— not complete
Chinese Mandarin:
不完全的
(bù wánquán de)
— not complete
Czech:
neúplný
— not complete
Danish:
ukomplet
— not complete
Dutch:
incompleet
— not complete
Dutch:
onvolledig
— not complete
Esperanto:
nekompleta
— not complete
Esperanto:
malkompleta
— not complete
Finnish:
epätäydellinen
— not complete
Finnish:
vaillinainen
— not complete
Finnish:
puutteellinen
— not complete
Finnish:
keskeneräinen
— not complete
French:
incomplet
— not complete
Galician:
incompleto
— not complete
Georgian:
არასრული
(arasruli)
— not complete
German:
unvollständig
— not complete
Greek:
ανολοκλήρωτος
(anoloklírotos)
— not complete
Greek:
ατελής
(atelís)
— not complete
Greek:
ατελείωτος
(ateleíotos)
— not complete
Ancient Greek:
ἀτελείωτος
(ateleíōtos)
— not complete
Gujarati:
અધૂરું
(adhūrũ)
— not complete
Hindi:
अपूर्ण
(apūrṇ)
— not complete
Hindi:
अधूरा
(adhūrā)
— not complete
Hindi:
आंशिक
(āñśik)
— not complete
Indonesian:
inkomplet
— not complete
Irish:
anfhoirfe
— not complete
Irish:
neamhfhoirfe
— not complete
Italian:
incompleto
— not complete
Japanese:
不完全
(fukanzen)
— not complete
Japanese:
未完
(mikan)
— not complete
Japanese:
途中
(tochū)
— not complete
Japanese:
中途半端
(chūto hanpa)
— not complete
Latin:
infectus
— not complete
Malayalam:
അപൂർണ്ണം
(apūṟṇṇaṁ)
— not complete
Māori:
kohuku
— not complete
Māori:
tarepa
— not complete
Māori:
kōkau
— not complete
Māori:
hukihuki
— not complete
Māori:
pahara
— not complete
Norwegian Bokmål:
uferdig
— not complete
Norwegian Nynorsk:
uferdig
— not complete
Occitan:
incomplet
— not complete
Polish:
niepełny
— not complete
Portuguese:
incompleto
— not complete
Romanian:
incomplet
— not complete
Russian:
непо́лный
(nepólnyj)
— not complete
Sanskrit:
अनवपृग्ण
(anavapṛgṇa)
— not complete
Sanskrit:
अपर्याप्त
(aparyāpta)
— not complete
Scottish Gaelic:
neo-iomlan
— not complete
Spanish:
incompleto
— not complete
Swedish:
ofullständig
— not complete
Swedish:
inkomplett
— not complete
Swedish:
ofullbordad
— not complete
Tamil:
அரைகுறை
(araikuṟai)
— not complete
Turkish:
eksik
— not complete
Turkish:
natamam
— not complete
Ottoman Turkish:
اكسیك
(eksik)
— not complete
Ukrainian:
непо́вний
(nepóvnyj)
— not complete
Ukrainian:
незаве́ршений
(nezavéršenyj)
— not complete
Ukrainian:
незакі́нчений
(nezakínčenyj)
— not complete
Chinese Mandarin:
不完全的
(bù wánquán de)
— wanting floral organs
