INCOMPLETE: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for INCOMPLETE?

Need another word that means the same as “incomplete”? Find 17 synonyms and 30 related words for “incomplete” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Incomplete” are: uncompleted, uncomplete, deficient, insufficient, imperfect, defective, partial, patchy, sketchy, fragmentary, fragmented, scrappy, bitty, unfinished, not finished, not completed, not concluded

Incomplete as an Adjective

Definitions of "Incomplete" as an adjective

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “incomplete” as an adjective can have the following definitions:

• Not having all the necessary or appropriate parts.
• Not full or finished.
• Not complete or total; not completed.
• Not yet finished.

Synonyms of "Incomplete" as an adjective (17 Words)

bitty	Tiny. A little bitty girl.
defective	Having a defect. Dystrophin is commonly defective in muscle tissue.
deficient	Having mental disabilities. A deficient education.
fragmentary	Consisting of small disconnected or incomplete parts. Excavations have revealed fragmentary remains of masonry.
fragmented	Having been divided; having the unity destroyed. A fragmented coalition.
imperfect	(of a gift, title, etc.) transferred without all the necessary conditions or requirements being met. Drainage here is imperfect.
insufficient	Of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement. There was insufficient evidence to convict him.
not completed	Completed by the first act of sexual intercourse after the ceremony.
not concluded	Having come or been brought to a conclusion.
not finished	Having a surface coating or finish applied.
partial	Having a strong preference or liking for. Partial immunity.
patchy	Not of the same quality throughout; inconsistent. Patchy fog.
scrappy	Determined, argumentative, or pugnacious. Scrappy lecture notes piled up unread.
sketchy	Giving only major points; lacking completeness. A sketchy neighbourhood.
uncomplete	Not complete or total; not completed.
uncompleted	Not completed. Five uncompleted nuclear power stations.
unfinished	Lacking a surface finish such as paint. Her last novel is unfinished.

Usage Examples of "Incomplete" as an adjective

• Political consequences of incomplete military success.
• Incomplete carvings of cattle.
• An incomplete account of his life.
• The analysis remains incomplete.
• His thesis is still incomplete.
• An incomplete forward pass.

Associations of "Incomplete" (30 Words)

alliterate	(of a phrase or line of verse) contain words which begin with the same sound or letter. His first and last names alliterated.
alliteration	The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. Alliterations are clustered in the last few lines.
approximate	Not quite exact or correct. Her results approximate my own.
biased	Favoring one person or side over another. We will not tolerate this biased media coverage.
dicey	Unpredictable and potentially dangerous. Democracy is a dicey business.
dozen	The cardinal number that is the sum of eleven and one. She has dozens of admirers.
equidistant	At equal distances. The line joins together all points which are equidistant from the two axes.
few	A small elite group. Few roses were still blooming.
fractional	Small or tiny in amount. There was a fractional hesitation before he said yes.
fragmentary	Consisting of small disconnected parts. Fragmentary remains.
half	Partially or to the extent of a half. A half of bitter.
least	Used in names of very small animals and plants e g least shrew. He has the least talent of anyone.
moiety	One of two basic subdivisions of a tribe. The enzyme removes the sulphate moiety.
nearly	In a close manner. David was nearly asleep.
part	The appropriate or expected behaviour in a particular role or situation one s duty. She played a lot of leading parts.
partial	A component of a musical sound; an overtone or harmonic. Partial to horror movies.
partially	Only in part; to a limited extent. A partially open door.
pendent	Hanging down or overhanging. The use of jurisdiction to decide pendent claims.
portion	Serve (food) in an amount suitable for one person. His portion was larger than hers.
proximate	Nearly accurate approximate. Proximate houses.
quarter	Divide by four divide into quarters. Peel and quarter the bananas.
rough	With rough motion as over a rough surface. Rough manners.
section	Commit someone compulsorily to a psychiatric hospital in accordance with a section of a mental health act. A residential section of the capital.
sector	The minimum track length that can be assigned to store information unless otherwise specified a sector of data consists of 512 bytes. Operations in the southern sector of the North Sea.
semi	A semi trailer. She pulled into the path of a semi.
sketchy	Not thorough or detailed. The information they had was sketchy.
some	To some extent quite a lot. We did not meet again for some years.
twelve	Denoting a quantity consisting of 12 items or units.
unfinished	Lacking a surface finish such as paint. The building is still unfinished.
uninformative	Not providing particularly useful or interesting information. The coverage is brief and uninformative.