Meanings
comparative more incomplete · superlative most incomplete
- Not complete; not finished.
an incomplete jigsaw puzzle
3 more examples
Stefania handed in her writing incomplete.
My knowledge on the subject is incomplete.
He considers that his life would be incomplete if not for his children.
Synonyms: unwhole, underdone, unfinished, partial
plural incompletes
- Something incomplete.
- Internetvideo gamesA multiplayer game that is abandoned because one player disconnects.
- A designation of being incomplete.
He got four incompletes out of five courses last semester.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveNot complete; not finished.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivenot complete or total; not completed
adjectivenot yet finished
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Late Latinincomplētus
- Middle Englishincomplete
- Englishincomplete
From Middle English incomplete, incompleet, from Late Latin incomplētus, from in- (“un-; not”) + complētus (“complete”), equivalent to in- (“not”) + complete.
More words from Middle English, Late Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek ἀτελείωτος
- ἀτελείωτος (ateleíōtos)not complete
Bengali অসম্পূর্ণ
- অসম্পূর্ণ (ośompurno)not complete
Bulgarian непълен, незавършен
- непълен (nepălen)not complete
- незавършен (nezavăršen)not complete
Catalan incomplet
- incompletnot complete
Chinese Mandarin 不完整的, 不完全的
- 不完整的 (bù wánzhěng de)not complete
- 不完全的 (bù wánquán de)not complete
- 不完全的 (bù wánquán de)wanting floral organs
Czech neúplný
- neúplnýnot complete
Danish ukomplet
- ukompletnot complete
Dutch incompleet, onvolledig
- incompleetnot complete
- onvolledignot complete
Esperanto nekompleta, malkompleta
- nekompletanot complete
- malkompletanot complete
Finnish epätäydellinen, vaillinainen
- epätäydellinennot complete
- vaillinainennot complete
- puutteellinennot complete
- keskeneräinennot complete
- epätäydellinenwanting floral organs
French incomplet
- incompletnot complete
German unvollständig
- unvollständignot complete
Greek ανολοκλήρωτος, ατελής
- ανολοκλήρωτος (anoloklírotos)not complete
- ατελής (atelís)not complete
- ατελείωτος (ateleíotos)not complete
Hindi अपूर्ण, अधूरा
- अपूर्ण (apūrṇ)not complete
- अधूरा (adhūrā)not complete
- आंशिक (āñśik)not complete
Indonesian inkomplet
- inkompletnot complete
Irish anfhoirfe, neamhfhoirfe
- anfhoirfenot complete
- neamhfhoirfenot complete
Italian incompleto, incompleto
- incompletonot complete
- incompletowanting floral organs
Japanese 不完全, 未完
- 不完全 (fukanzen)not complete
- 未完 (mikan)not complete
- 途中 (tochū)not complete
- 中途半端 (chūto hanpa)not complete
Latin infectus
- infectusnot complete
Māori kohuku, tarepa
- kohukunot complete
- tarepanot complete
- kōkaunot complete
- hukihukinot complete
- paharanot complete
Norwegian Bokmål uferdig
- uferdignot complete
Polish niepełny
- niepełnynot complete
Portuguese incompleto
- incompletonot complete
Romanian incomplet
- incompletnot complete
Russian непо́лный
- непо́лный (nepólnyj)not complete
Scottish Gaelic neo-iomlan
- neo-iomlannot complete
Spanish incompleto
- incompletonot complete
Swedish ofullständig, inkomplett
- ofullständignot complete
- inkomplettnot complete
- ofullbordadnot complete
Tamil அரைகுறை
- அரைகுறை (araikuṟai)not complete
Turkish eksik, natamam
- eksiknot complete
- natamamnot complete
Ukrainian непо́вний, незаве́ршений
- непо́вний (nepóvnyj)not complete
- незаве́ршений (nezavéršenyj)not complete
- незакі́нчений (nezakínčenyj)not complete
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with incomplete
Cite this entry
incomplete. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/incomplete
“incomplete.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/incomplete. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “incomplete,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/incomplete.
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