Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Not complete.
- adjective Football Not caught in bounds or intercepted.
- noun A grade indicating that the requirements for an academic course or assignment have not been met.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not complete; not fully finished or developed; lacking some part or particular; defective; imperfect.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Not complete; not filled up; not finished; not having all its parts, or not having them all adjusted; imperfect; defective.
- adjective (Bot.) Wanting any of the usual floral organs; -- said of a flower.
- adjective (Alg.) an equation some of whose terms are wanting; or one in which the coefficient of some one or more of the powers of the unknown quantity is equal to 0.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Not complete; not filled up; not finished; not having all its parts, or not having them all adjusted; imperfect; defective.
- adjective botany Of a flower, wanting any of the usual floral organs.
- noun Something incomplete.
- noun A designation of being incomplete.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective not complete or total; not completed
- adjective not yet finished
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Examples
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In using the term incomplete fertilization, I mean supplying only potash, phosphoric acid and nitrogen, and possibly lime and sulphur, when the soil is denuded of several other elements.
Valere Aude Dare to Be Healthy, Or, The Light of Physical Regeneration Louis Dechmann
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A recovery by two or three tenants in tail with crofs, remainders, and a fine by the other, leaves the title incomplete as to the Ihare of tlie perfon who, levies the fine, - •* 23
Tracts on I. The Definition and Nature of Cross Remainder, II. Fines and Recoveries by Tenant in ... 1797
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The condition referred to above and which we termed incomplete constipation may affect the nursing infant.
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Shapiro said the State Department was right to question the players' documentation, which he called incomplete.
NYT > Home Page By LYNN ZINSER 2011
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Shapiro said the State Department was right to question the players' documentation, which he called incomplete.
NYT > Home Page By LYNN ZINSER 2011
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Shapiro said the State Department was right to question the players' documentation, which he called incomplete.
NYT > Home Page By LYNN ZINSER 2011
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The former governor had refused to take part in the trial, but he surprised everyone by asking to make a closing statement in which he insisted that he should not be tossed out of office on what he called incomplete evidence.
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The former governor had refused to take part in the trial, but he surprised everyone by asking to make a closing statement in which he insisted that he should not be tossed out of office on what he called incomplete evidence.
Bumpshack.com 2009
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The former governor had refused to take part in the trial, but he surprised everyone by asking to make a closing statement in which he insisted that he should not be tossed out of office on what he called incomplete evidence.
The Jawa Report 2009
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But sometimes leaving your costume incomplete is the best way to get noticed.
Emerald City Abides | Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources – Covering Comic Book News and Entertainment 2009
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