different between unprepared vs incomplete

English

Etymology

un- +? prepared

Adjective

unprepared (comparative more unprepared, superlative most unprepared)

1. Not prepared; caught by surprise.

   The castle was unprepared for the assault.

Translations

Noun

unprepared (plural unprepareds)

1. A black mark given to a pupil who arrives at a lesson without the necessary items or preparation.
   • 1983, Ronald B. Lansing, Skylarks and lecterns: a law school charter (page 116)

     "He's got another rule: Whenever he gets three unprepareds in a row, he leaves the classroom."

English

Etymology

From Middle English incomplete, incompleet, from Late Latin incompl?tus, from in- (“un-; not”) + compl?tus (“complete”), equivalent to in- (“not”) +? complete.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n.k?m.?pli?t/
• Rhymes: -i?t

Adjective

incomplete (comparative more incomplete, superlative most incomplete)

1. Not complete; not finished
2. (botany) Of a flower, wanting any of the usual floral organs.

Synonyms

• (not complete): unwhole, underdone, unfinished

Antonyms

• complete

Related terms

• incompletely
• incompletion

Translations

Noun

incomplete (plural incompletes)

1. Something incomplete.
   1. (Internet) A multipart file posted to Usenet that is incomplete and thus unusable.
   2. (Internet) A multiplayer game that is abandoned because one player disconnects.
2. A designation of being incomplete.

   He got four incompletes out of five courses last semester.

Anagrams

• emplection

Italian

Adjective

incomplete f pl

1. feminine plural of incompleto

Latin

Adjective

incompl?te

1. vocative masculine singular of incompl?tus