word-forming element meaning "imperfect development or structure," from Greek ateles "imperfect, incomplete," literally "without an end," from a- "not, without" (see a- (3)) + telos "the end, fulfillment, completion" (see telos).
-ate
atechnic
atechnical
atelectasis
atelier
atelo-
atemporal
Aten
*ater-
Athabaskan
Athanasian