Meaning & use
incomplete
Lacking one or more necessary parts; not finished or whole.
See it in a sentence
The teacher returned the essay because its final section was incomplete.
Police said their investigation remained incomplete without the missing witness statement.
A note on using this word
Incomplete usually implies something is still missing, whereas unfinished can simply mean work has stopped temporarily.
Words with a similar meaning
unfinishedpartial
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