what is the difference between:
incomplete vs. uncompleted
<Richard, Moderator>
Posted November 14, 2007 04:42 PM
Hello, Michael! Smile
This is quite tricky, but I'll give it a go.
When we use incomplete, we're focusing on the condition something is in at that moment and stating that it's missing something.
When we use uncompleted, we're focusing more on the fact that work still needs to be done on or to something in order to finish it. We're not thinking so much about the fact that something is missing (as we are with incomplete), but on the fact that this is still a work in progress.
I hope that helps, Michael.
Richard
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Posted November 15, 2007 11:26 AM Hide Post
INCOMPLETE (adj)"”missing something necessary to the whole (implying that it may or could be completed in future).
UNCOMPLETED (adj)"”something slated for completion but not completed (implying that it perhaps never will be).
1. The report is incomplete, lacking data that has recently become available.
2. At the time of the author's death, she left several manuscripts uncompleted.
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