Catalectic

[,kætә'lektik]

(noun.) (prosody) a line of verse that lacks a syllable in the last metrical foot.

(adj.) (verse) metrically incomplete; especially lacking one or more syllables in the final metrical foot .

Edited by Andrea--From WordNet

(a.) Wanting a syllable at the end, or terminating in an imperfect foot; as, a catalectic verse.

(a.) Incomplete; partial; not affecting the whole of a substance.

Editor: Monica

adj. incomplete: applied to a verse wanting one syllable at the end or terminating in an imperfect foot.

Typist: Mason