inconsummate

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adjective

Not consummated; unfinished; incomplete.

OriginLatin incōnsummātus →
Scrabble 18
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Meanings

adjectiveinconsummate (comparative more inconsummate, superlative most inconsummate)

comparative more inconsummate · superlative most inconsummate

  1. obsoleterareNot consummated; unfinished; incomplete.

    inconsummate machination

    1736, Matthew Hale, Historia Placitorum Coronæ

Origin

  1. Latinincōnsummātus
  2. Englishinconsummate

First attested in 1641; borrowed from Latin incōnsummātus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

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APA

inconsummate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inconsummate

MLA

“inconsummate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inconsummate. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “inconsummate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inconsummate.

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