The archaeologist's report was incomplete, lacking detailed measurements of the pottery shards discovered at the dig site.
考古学家的报告不完整，缺少对挖掘现场发现的陶器碎片进行详细测量。
- Researchers once viewed it as a sign of incomplete mastery of either language.
From a Rhetorical Synthesis question · Expression of Ideas
Which choice best defines “incomplete”?
D — Not finished. “incomplete” means not finished.
Which word means “not finished”?
D — incomplete. “incomplete” means not finished.
incomplete — not finished. In Chinese: 不完整的，不完全的.
incomplete is pronounced /ˌɪnkəmˈpliːt/.
The archaeologist's report was incomplete, lacking detailed measurements of the pottery shards discovered at the dig site. (考古学家的报告不完整，缺少对挖掘现场发现的陶器碎片进行详细测量。)
partial, unfinished, deficient — all close in meaning to incomplete (not finished).
complete, finished — each the opposite of incomplete (not finished).
Yes. incomplete is on the SAT Prep Basic list — the everyday academic words the SAT assumes you already have. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.
in(not)+complete(full).