INCOMPLETE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does incomplete mean? 

• INCOMPLETE (adjective)
  The adjective INCOMPLETE has 2 senses:

1. not complete or total; not completed

2. not yet finished

  Familiarity information: INCOMPLETE used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INCOMPLETE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Not complete or total; not completed

Synonyms:

incomplete; uncomplete

Context example:

an incomplete forward pass

Similar:

broken (lacking a part or parts)

half (partial)

neither (not either; not one or the other)

partial (being or affecting only a part; not total)

rudimentary (being in the earliest stages of development)

sketchy; unelaborated (giving only major points; lacking completeness)

uncompleted (not caught or not caught within bounds)

Also:

fractional (constituting or comprising a part or fraction of a possible whole or entirety)

Attribute:

completeness (the state of being complete and entire; having everything that is needed)

Antonym:

complete (having every necessary or normal part or component or step)

Derivation:

incompleteness (the state of being crude and incomplete and imperfect)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Not yet finished

Synonyms:

incomplete; uncompleted

Context example:

an uncompleted play

Similar:

unfinished (not brought to an end or conclusion)

Derivation:

incompleteness (the state of being crude and incomplete and imperfect)

 Context examples 

Dysfunction of the mitral valve characterized by incomplete valve closure.

(Mitral Valve Insufficiency, NCI Thesaurus)

A yellowish aromatic hydrocarbon consisting of five fused rings formed by the incomplete burning of organic matter.

(Dibenz[a,j]acridine, NCI Thesaurus)

In the presence of DNA damage or incomplete DNA replication, Chks become activated and initiate cell cycle arrest to allow DNA repair or the completion of DNA replication.

(Checkpoint Kinase Inhibitor AZD7762, NCI Thesaurus)

Treatment with cyproterone alone results in incomplete suppression of serum testosterone levels.

(Cyproterone acetate, NCI Thesaurus)

Incomplete development of the thyroid gland in a newborn.

(Congenital Thyroid Gland Hypoplasia, NCI Thesaurus)

A aromatic hydrocarbon consisting of five fused rings formed during the incomplete burning of organic matter.

(Dibenz[a,h]acridine, NCI Thesaurus)

Carcinogenic Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAH) are ubiquitous environmental pollutants that are formed in the process of incomplete burning of organic material and can cause cancer in humans.

(Carcinogenic Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon, NCI Thesaurus)

This leads to incomplete bacterial cell wall synthesis and eventually causes cell lysis.

(Carbenicillin, NCI Thesaurus)

An electrocardiographic finding of complete or incomplete right bundle branch block accompanied by ST elevation in leads V1-V3.

(Brugada Syndrome Pattern by ECG Finding, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

A disorder caused by a spinal injury leading to an incomplete spinal lesion.

(Brown-Sequard Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)