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incomplete

/ɪn.kəmˈpliːt/ adjective B1
  1. Not complete; not finished. · Stefania handed in her writing incomplete.· an incomplete jigsaw puzzle
  2. Of a flower, wanting any of the usual floral organs.
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“I’d rather not pass at all than not come out pretty well up on the list,” flashed Anne, by which she meant--and Diana knew she meant--that success would be incomplete and bitter if she did not come out ahead of Gilbert Blythe.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 271 · C1
A collection of my trifling achievements would certainly be incomplete which contained no account of this very singular business.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 4 · B2
It was that paper you read this morning; read it again, Dantès, and then I will complete for you the incomplete words and unconnected sense.”
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 195 · C1
“Yes, ask her for one of her liqueur cellarets, mine is incomplete; and tell her I shall have the honor of seeing her about three o’clock, and that I request permission to introduce someone to her.”
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 427 · C1

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