incomplete sentence

English

Noun

Examples
Joe took the... (Indicates that the subject took something, but lacks an object) The shiniest of the red balls. (Identifies an object but lacks a verb which assigns any action to the object)

incomplete sentence (plural incomplete sentences)

1. (grammar) A group of words that appear to convey only part of a complete thought, lacking some component which is grammatically necessary to complete the thought.

Translations

a group of words which appears to convey only part of a complete thought (grammar)

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 不完整的句子 (bù wánzhěng de jùzi)

• Finnish: epätäydellinen lause
• French: phrase incomplète f
• German: unvollständiger Satz m
• Japanese: 不完全な文章 (ふかんぜんなぶんしょう, fukanzen na bunshō)
• Russian: непо́лное предложе́ние n (nepólnoje predložénije)