Something incomplete.
"The puzzle was left incomplete when the box arrived missing several pieces."
A multipart file posted to Usenet that is incomplete and thus unusable.
"The file I downloaded from Usenet was marked as incomplete, making it impossible to use without finding the missing parts."
In plain English: An incomplete is something that has not been finished yet.
"The judge dismissed the incomplete, leaving no verdict to be announced."
not complete or total; not completed
"an incomplete account of his life"
"political consequences of incomplete military success"
"an incomplete forward pass"
Not complete; not finished
"The report remained incomplete because several key sections were still missing."
In plain English: Incomplete means something is missing parts and has not been finished yet.
"The report was incomplete because several pages were missing from the final draft."
Usage: Use incomplete as an adjective to describe anything that has not been fully finished or developed, such as a draft document. Do not confuse it with the noun form referring specifically to broken multipart files posted on Usenet networks.
The word entered Middle English as incomplete or incompleet, derived directly from the Late Latin form incomplētus. It combines the negative prefix "un-" with a root meaning "to finish," creating an opposite sense to its modern definition of not being finished.