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不完全 (fukanzen) Japanese meaning: imperfect | Kotomora

不ふ完かん全ぜん

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Common word›JLPTN3›Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

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na-adjective, noun

imperfect; incomplete; faulty; defective

Describes something that is not fully finished, lacks necessary parts, or has flaws. Used for plans, systems, data, objects, and abstract states.

この計けい画かくはまだ不ふ完かん全ぜんだ。

This plan is still incomplete.

不ふ完かん全ぜんなデータでは正ただしい判はん断だんができない。

You can't make a correct decision with incomplete data.

Usage patterns

〈物もの〉が不ふ完かん全ぜんだfor something to be incomplete/imperfect
このデータは不ふ完かん全ぜんだから、まだ発はっ表ぴょうできない。
This data is incomplete, so we can't present it yet.
不ふ完かん全ぜんな〈物もの〉an incomplete/flawed thing (e.g. information, plan, system)
不ふ完かん全ぜんな情じょう報ほうに基もとづいて判はん断だんするのは危き険けんだ。
It's dangerous to make a judgment based on incomplete information.
〈事こと〉のまま不ふ完かん全ぜんに終おわるto end while still incomplete/unfinished
工こう事じは不ふ完かん全ぜんなまま終おわってしまった。
The construction work ended up unfinished and incomplete.

Kanji

不negative, non-, bad
完perfect, completion, end
全whole, entire, all

Related words

不ふ十じゅう分ぶんN1
不十分 means 'insufficient' or 'inadequate', focusing on a lack of quantity or degree, while 不完全 focuses on missing parts or structural flaws.
未み完かん成せいN2
未完成 describes something still in progress and simply not yet finished, while 不完全 can describe something finished but flawed or lacking.
中ちゅう途と半はん端ぱN2
中途半端 is a casual word for something left half-done or wishy-washy, whereas 不完全 is a more neutral, formal way to say something is incomplete.
不ふ全ぜん
不完全 stresses that something lacks completeness or perfection in general, while 不全 more specifically points to a system, organ, or organization not functioning properly.
不ふ備びN1
不完全 broadly means 'incomplete' and can describe anything unfinished, while 不備 more narrowly implies a lack of necessary preparation or requirements.

Opposites

完かん全ぜんN3
完全 means 'perfect' or 'complete', the direct opposite of 不完全, which means 'imperfect' or 'incomplete'.
パーフェクト
不完全 means 'incomplete' or 'imperfect', the direct opposite of パーフェクト's sense of flawlessness.
完かん璧ぺきN2
不完全 means incomplete or imperfect, the direct opposite of the flawless state described by 完璧.

Word family· 10

不ふ完かん全ぜん型がた
incomplete type; forme fruste
不ふ完かん全ぜん菌きん
imperfect fungus; deuteromycete
不ふ完かん全ぜん変へん態たい
incomplete metamorphosis; hemimetabolism

Built from

不ふ+完かん全ぜん

Etymology

Formed from the prefix 不 (fu-, 'not') and 完全 (kanzen, 'perfect, complete').

不ふ

完かん

全ぜん

履り

行こう

defective performance; imperfect performance

不ふ完かん全ぜん燃ねん焼しょう

incomplete combustion; imperfect combustion · not giving one's all; falling short; underperforming

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不ふ完かん全ぜん競きょう争そう
imperfect competition
不ふ完かん全ぜん雇こ用よう
underemployment
不ふ完かん全ぜん骨こっ折せつ
incomplete fracture; partial fracture
不ふ完かん全ぜん性せい定てい理り
Gödel's incompleteness theorem
不ふ完かん全ぜん自じ動どう詞し
incomplete intransitive verb