"incompact" meaning in English

See incompact in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more incompact [comparative], most incompact [superlative], incompacted [alternative]
Etymology: From in- + compact. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|in|compact}} in- + compact Head templates: {{en-adj}} incompact (comparative more incompact, superlative most incompact)
  1. Not compact; not having the parts firmly united; incoherent or loose. Synonyms: spread out, thin, uncompact Derived forms: incompactness
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