Incomplete
adjective
Not finished, lacking a part or parts.
The assignment was incomplete as she didn't answer all the questions.
Often appears as...
- incomplete assignment
- incomplete work
adjective
Not having all the necessary or normal parts, components, or steps.
Incomplete data may lead to wrong conclusions.
Often appears as...
- incomplete data
- incomplete download
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Technical
adjective
Lacking some usual attribute or accompaniment.
The painting looked incomplete without the artist's signature.
Often appears as...
- incomplete painting
- incomplete presentation
adjective
Undergoing continuing development, evolution, or change.
The theory is incomplete and needs further research.
Often appears as...
- incomplete theory
- incomplete hypothesis
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Academic
adjective
Not finished, lacking a part or parts.
The assignment was incomplete as she didn't answer all the questions.
Often appears as...
- incomplete assignment
- incomplete work
adjective
Not having all the necessary or normal parts, components, or steps.
Incomplete data may lead to wrong conclusions.
Often appears as...
- incomplete data
- incomplete download
Usage tips
Technical
adjective
Lacking some usual attribute or accompaniment.
The painting looked incomplete without the artist's signature.
Often appears as...
- incomplete painting
- incomplete presentation
adjective
Undergoing continuing development, evolution, or change.
The theory is incomplete and needs further research.
Often appears as...
- incomplete theory
- incomplete hypothesis
Usage tips
Academic
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/2Task Evaluation
Used when evaluating if tasks or assignments are fully completed.
Your project is incomplete; the bibliography section is missing.
Pro Tip 2/2Further Action Needed
Indicates additional work is necessary to reach completion.
With several questions unanswered, your survey is incomplete.
Pro Tip 1/2Task Evaluation
Used when evaluating if tasks or assignments are fully completed.
Your project is incomplete; the bibliography section is missing.
Pro Tip 2/2Further Action Needed
Indicates additional work is necessary to reach completion.
With several questions unanswered, your survey is incomplete.
Pro Tip 1/2Task Evaluation
Used when evaluating if tasks or assignments are fully completed.
Your project is incomplete; the bibliography section is missing.
Pro Tip 2/2Further Action Needed
Indicates additional work is necessary to reach completion.
With several questions unanswered, your survey is incomplete.
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How much of what you see...
with different areas processing information from each of our senses. But even in people with completely unimpaired senses, the brain constructs the world we perceive from incomplete information. For example, our eyes have blind spots where the optic nerve blocks part of the retina.
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TED's secret to great...
but that they are incomplete. Your mind is teeming with ideas, and not just randomly. They're carefully linked together. Collectively they form an amazingly complex structure that is your personal worldview. It's your brain's operating system. It's how you navigate the world.
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Ending a Dogfight PIPE...
because you know if they see each other they're just gonna continue that fight that never got resolved if you don't follow through with family members dogs are incomplete correcting a dog is not just about telling not to do it but helping him to achieve calm submissive
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Why our universe might...
and incomplete solution. Too many questions are left unanswered. The Higgs boson does not share the beauty, the symmetry, the elegance, of the rest of the elementary particle world. For this reason, the majority of theoretical physicists
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Rethinking infidelity...
desire to feel important. And the very structure of an affair, the fact that you can never have your lover, keeps you wanting. That in itself is a desire machine, because the incompleteness, the ambiguity,
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Einstein's brilliant...
or spooky action at a distance. He decided that quantum mechanics must be incomplete, a mere approximation of a deeper reality in which both particles have predetermined states that are hidden from us.
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Building smart cities PIPE...
generating and how already has a bit generating very very vast profits so in that sense keeping our cities complex but incomplete is I think essential otherwise we will have a lot of dead
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What's so sexy about...
and arguably the most holy place for mathematical research in the world. And that night I was working and working on an elusive proof, which was incomplete. It was all about understanding
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The biggest mistakes in...
but not necessarily to be useful for navigation. And given their maker’s incomplete knowledge of the world, they were really hypotheses— some of which have been glaringly disproven.
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Raising Cute 'Killer'...
incomplete to start developing the mind first their instinct makes them curious instinct makes them play
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How much of what you see...
with different areas processing information from each of our senses. But even in people with completely unimpaired senses, the brain constructs the world we perceive from incomplete information. For example, our eyes have blind spots where the optic nerve blocks part of the retina.
Video examples
TED's secret to great...
but that they are incomplete. Your mind is teeming with ideas, and not just randomly. They're carefully linked together. Collectively they form an amazingly complex structure that is your personal worldview. It's your brain's operating system. It's how you navigate the world.
Video examples
Ending a Dogfight PIPE...
because you know if they see each other they're just gonna continue that fight that never got resolved if you don't follow through with family members dogs are incomplete correcting a dog is not just about telling not to do it but helping him to achieve calm submissive
Video examples
Why our universe might...
and incomplete solution. Too many questions are left unanswered. The Higgs boson does not share the beauty, the symmetry, the elegance, of the rest of the elementary particle world. For this reason, the majority of theoretical physicists
Video examples
Rethinking infidelity...
desire to feel important. And the very structure of an affair, the fact that you can never have your lover, keeps you wanting. That in itself is a desire machine, because the incompleteness, the ambiguity,
Video examples
Einstein's brilliant...
or spooky action at a distance. He decided that quantum mechanics must be incomplete, a mere approximation of a deeper reality in which both particles have predetermined states that are hidden from us.
Video examples
Building smart cities PIPE...
generating and how already has a bit generating very very vast profits so in that sense keeping our cities complex but incomplete is I think essential otherwise we will have a lot of dead
Video examples
What's so sexy about...
and arguably the most holy place for mathematical research in the world. And that night I was working and working on an elusive proof, which was incomplete. It was all about understanding
Video examples
The biggest mistakes in...
but not necessarily to be useful for navigation. And given their maker’s incomplete knowledge of the world, they were really hypotheses— some of which have been glaringly disproven.
Video examples
Raising Cute 'Killer'...
incomplete to start developing the mind first their instinct makes them curious instinct makes them play
Example 1 of 10
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Emmeline Pankhurst
English Activist
My childhood was protected by love and a comfortable home. Yet, while still a very young child, I began instinctively to feel that there was something lacking, even in my own home, some false conception of family relations, some incomplete ideal.
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Alexander Koch
American Actor
From a young age, I had done a lot of theater and musical theater. I wasn't really sure what I wanted to do with my life, but every time I was away from acting, I just felt very incomplete and a little stir crazy.
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John Cho
American Actor
That's a huge part of being a human being: looking for love and finding a partner in this world. When you constantly play characters who don't have that life, it feels incomplete and not totally human.
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Edward M. Lerner
American Author
It would help if human experts agreed on the meaning of such basic terms as intelligence, consciousness, or awareness. They don't. It's hard to build something that's incompletely defined.
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Alain de Botton
English Writer
What annoys me about most self-help books is that they have no tragic sense. They have no sense that life is fundamentally incomplete rather than accidentally incomplete.
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Joyce Banda
Politician
My dear husband, Richard, has been the driving force behind my success and rise to whatever level I am now. My story and legacy is incomplete without his mention.
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Tom Stoppard
English Dramatist
My life feels, week to week, incomplete to the level of being pointless if I am not in preparation for the next play or, ideally, into it.
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Esai Morales
American Actor
I am tired of our characters being so incomplete. When do we ever save the day in a film? When does a Latino actor get to be the hero?
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Divya Khosla Kumar
Indian Actress
Fitness has become a way of life for me. Life is incomplete without it; it is truly the way to a healthier, happier life.
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Nikki Reed
American Actress
Some of the greatest moments in life come from moments that are incomplete.
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Emmeline Pankhurst
English Activist
My childhood was protected by love and a comfortable home. Yet, while still a very young child, I began instinctively to feel that there was something lacking, even in my own home, some false conception of family relations, some incomplete ideal.
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Alexander Koch
American Actor
From a young age, I had done a lot of theater and musical theater. I wasn't really sure what I wanted to do with my life, but every time I was away from acting, I just felt very incomplete and a little stir crazy.
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John Cho
American Actor
That's a huge part of being a human being: looking for love and finding a partner in this world. When you constantly play characters who don't have that life, it feels incomplete and not totally human.
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Edward M. Lerner
American Author
It would help if human experts agreed on the meaning of such basic terms as intelligence, consciousness, or awareness. They don't. It's hard to build something that's incompletely defined.
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Alain de Botton
English Writer
What annoys me about most self-help books is that they have no tragic sense. They have no sense that life is fundamentally incomplete rather than accidentally incomplete.
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Joyce Banda
Politician
My dear husband, Richard, has been the driving force behind my success and rise to whatever level I am now. My story and legacy is incomplete without his mention.
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Tom Stoppard
English Dramatist
My life feels, week to week, incomplete to the level of being pointless if I am not in preparation for the next play or, ideally, into it.
Quote examples
Esai Morales
American Actor
I am tired of our characters being so incomplete. When do we ever save the day in a film? When does a Latino actor get to be the hero?
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Divya Khosla Kumar
Indian Actress
Fitness has become a way of life for me. Life is incomplete without it; it is truly the way to a healthier, happier life.
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Nikki Reed
American Actress
Some of the greatest moments in life come from moments that are incomplete.
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