Contents -AUTHOR INDEX -BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD

Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922.

Class V. Words Releasing to the Voluntary Powers
Division (I) Individual Volition
Section V. Results of Voluntary Action

730. Noncompletion.

   NOUN:NONCOMPLETION, nonfulfillment or nonfulfilment, shortcoming [See Shortcoming]; incompleteness [See Incompleteness]; drawn -battle, – game; work of Penelope; Sisyphean -labor, – toil, – task.
  NONPERFORMANCE, inexecution; neglect of execution; neglect [See Neglect].
   VERB:NOT COMPLETE [See Completion]; leave unfinished &c. adj., leave undone; neglect [See Neglect]; let alone, let slip; lose sight of.
  FALL SHORT OF [See Shortcoming]; do things by halves, scotch the snake not kill it; hang fire; be slow to; collapse [See Shortcoming].
   ADJECTIVE:INCOMPLETE [See Incompleteness]; not completed &c. v.; uncompleted, unfinished, unaccomplished, unperformed, unexecuted; sketchy; addle, muddled, sterile.
  in progress, in hand, on the stocks, in preparation, moving, getting along, going on, proceeding; on one’s hands; on the anvil.
   ADVERB:re infectâ [L.]; without -, lacking- -the final touches, – the finishing stroke.