Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Peter Mark Roget

730. Noncompletion — N. noncompletion, nonfulfillment; shortcoming &c

304; incompleteness &c 53; drawn battle, drawn game; work of Penelope. nonperformance, inexecution†; neglect &c 460. V. not complete &c 729; leave unfinished &c adj., leave undone, drop, put down; neglect &c 460; let alone, let slip; lose sight of (forget) 506. fall short of &c 304; do things by halves, parboil, scotch the snake not lull it; hang fire; be slow to; collapse &c 304. drop out. Adj. not completed &c v.; incomplete &c 53; uncompleted, unfinished, unaccomplished, unperformed, unexecuted; sketchy, addle. in progress, in hand; ongoing, going on, proceeding; on one's hands; on the anvil; in the fire, in the oven. parboiled, half-baked. Adv. re infecta [Lat.].