Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Not consummated; unfinished; incomplete.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Not consummated; not finished; incomplete.

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  • adjective Not consummated; unfinished; incomplete.

Etymologies

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Latin inconsummatus.

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Examples

  • Which stuck out for me twice: the first, because “they” are not a hivemind, “they” do not have to decide as a borg entity what “they” want to be called; the second, because by taking away someone else’s right to identify who they are for themselves, you’re being an inconsummate ass and showing a hell of a lot of disrespect.

    Study break! « Love | Peace | Ohana 2006

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