incomplete

adj
/ɪn.kəmˈpliːt/

Etymology

From Middle English incomplete, incompleet, from Late Latin incomplētus, from in- (“un-; not”) + complētus (“complete”), equivalent to in- (“not”) + complete.

  1. derived from incomplētus
  2. inherited from incomplete

Definitions

  1. Not complete

    Not complete; not finished.

    • Stefania handed in her writing incomplete.
    • an incomplete jigsaw puzzle
    • My knowledge on the subject is incomplete.
  2. Of a flower, wanting any of the usual floral organs.

  3. Something incomplete.

  4. + 1 more definition
    1. A designation of being incomplete.

      • He got four incompletes out of five courses last semester.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at incomplete. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at incomplete. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at incomplete

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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