Synonyms for incomplete
- adjective
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Unfinished — not complete; not finished
unfinished, partial, sketchy, imperfect, fragmentary, broken, unaccomplished, underdone, nontotal, unwhole
2. Inaccurate
Other
Definitions
- adj. 1
Not complete; not finished.
an incomplete jigsaw puzzle
- adj. 2
Of a flower, wanting any of the usual floral organs.
Related words
- Word family
- incompleteness incompletely incompletion
- Phrases
- incomplete dominance
Example sentences
- partial Amnesia is the partial or complete loss of memory.
- unfinished "An unfinished sentence" is a sentence unfinished.
- imperfect As we are all imperfect human beings, so is life as well.
- sketchy Carlos came across as a little sketchy to Melissa.
- inadequate At times like this, words are woefully inadequate.
- inaccurate The budget appears to be inaccurate and unrealistic.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| incomplete | steady | |
| partial | steady | |
| unfinished | steady | |
| imperfect | steady | |
| sketchy | steady | |
| inadequate | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- short1, rough1
- 6 letters
- broken2
- 7 letters
- partial2, sketchy2, unwhole
- 8 letters
- nontotal
- 9 letters
- defective3, imperfect3, deficient3, underdone
- 10 letters
- inadequate4, unfinished3, inaccurate4, uncomplete3
- 11 letters
- fragmentary4, uncompleted4
- 14 letters
- unaccomplished
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (broken2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- incomplet
- Italiano
- incompleto
- Español
- incompleto
- Deutsch
- unvollständig