INCOMPLETE, INCOMPLETELY
ADJECTIVES
► DIMINUTE diminished, lessened; abated; incomplete, defective, imperfect → c1475 obs.
► HALF-ARSED ► HALF-ASSED incomplete, not serious, half-hearted → 1933 US sl.
► HALF-COCKED not fully capable; not completely thought out; unfinished; incomplete → 1833 US sl.
► HALF-FACED imperfect, incomplete, half-and-half → 1592
► IMPERFECTED not perfected; incomplete, imperfect → 1552 obs.
► MANK deficient, defective, incomplete → 1700 Sc. obs.
► WANE incomplete; not fully formed or properly shaped; of the moon: not full → 1456 obs.
ADVERBS
► BY HALVERS incompletely → 1867 Amer. dial.
► PARCELLY in part, partly, incompletely → 1509 obs.
VERBS
► COME OUT OF THE LITTLE END OF THE HORN to be incomplete → 1914 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
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