People used to think you needed to eat incomplete proteins together in the same meal to make up a complete protein, but that view has been debunked; simply eat a variety of plant-based protein sources throughout the day and you'll be fine. Katherine Hobson
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: lacking one or more sets of floral organs
an incomplete flower without stamens
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of a football pass: not legally caught
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of insect metamorphosis: characterized by the absence of a pupal stage between the immature stages and the adult of an insect in which the young usually resemble the adult compare completesense 6
an incomplete set of encyclopedias She handed in an incomplete assignment.
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Word History
Etymology
Middle English incompleet, from Late Latin incompletus, from Latin in- + completus complete