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incomplete | underspecify |

As an adjective incomplete

is .

As a verb underspecify is

to give insufficient, or insufficiently precise, information: to specify incompletely.

incomplete

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Not complete; not filled up; not finished; not having all its parts, or not having them all adjusted; imperfect; defective.
  • (botany) Of a flower, wanting any of the usual floral organs.

    • Related terms

    * incompletely * incompletion

    Synonyms

    * (not complete) unwhole, underdone, unfinished

    Antonyms

    * complete

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something incomplete.
  • # (Internet) A multipart file posted to Usenet that is incomplete and thus unusable.
  • # (Internet) A multiplayer game that is abandoned because one player disconnects.
  • A designation of being incomplete.
    • He got four incompletes out of five courses last semester.
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    underspecify

    English

    Verb

  • To give insufficient, or insufficiently precise, information: to specify incompletely.

    • Antonyms

    * (specify incompletely) overspecify