measure; shortcoming &c 304; insufficiency &c 640; imperfection &c 651;
immaturity &c (nonpreparation) 674; half measures.
[part wanting] defect, deficit, defalcation, omission; caret;
shortage; interval &c 198; break &c (discontinuity) 70; noncompletion
&c 730; missing link.
missing piece, missing part, gap, hole, lacuna.
V. be incomplete &c adj.; fall short of &c 304; lack &c (be
insufficient) 640; neglect &c 460.
Adj. incomplete; imperfect &c 651; unfinished; uncompleted &c
(complete) &c 729; defective, deficient, wanting, lacking, failing; in
default, in arrear†; short of; hollow, meager, lame, halfand-half,
perfunctory, sketchy; crude &c (unprepared) 674.
mutilated, garbled, docked, lopped, truncated.
in progress, in hand; going on, proceeding.
Adv. incompletely &c adj.; by halves.
Phr. caetera desunt [Lat.]; caret.