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Incomplete

Incomplete is the status of an application that has not been finished because one or more required parts, such as information or documents, are missing.

In plain English

It means the application is only partly done. At least one required part is still absent, so it has not been completed.

In context

Here, it marks an application or form as not fully finished because required information or documents are still missing.

Situation
Applying for jobs, reading vacancy labels, and following recruitment status
What it communicates
marks an application or form as not fully finished.

Meaning limits

By itself, this status does not say why the missing parts are absent or anything beyond the application not being finished.

Examples

“Her application was incomplete, with the signature page still missing.”

Core meaning

“Because two required fields were blank, the clerk marked the form incomplete.”

In context

  • unfinished Broader Term

    Something unfinished is not finished. In this sense, incomplete is the narrower case where required parts are missing.

  • complete Opposite

    Complete contrasts with incomplete by having all required parts present.