Main Entry: in·com·plete

Pronunciation: \ˌin-kəm-ˈplēt\

Function: adjective

Etymology: Middle English incompleet, from Late Latin incompletus, from Latin in- + completus complete

Date: 14th century

1 : not complete : unfinished: as a : lacking a part; especially : lacking one or more sets of floral organs b of insect metamorphosis : characterized by the absence of a pupal stage between the immature stages and the adult of an insect in which the young usually resemble the adult — compare complete 5
2 of a football pass : not legally caught

— in·com·plete·ly adverb

— in·com·plete·ness noun