incompleteness

in·com·plete

 (ĭn′kəm-plēt′)

adj.

1. Not complete.

2. Football Not caught in bounds or intercepted: an incomplete forward pass.

n.

A grade indicating that the requirements for an academic course or assignment have not been met.

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in′com·plete′ly adv.

in′com·plete′ness, in′com·ple′tion n.

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Incompleteness

 

1. Incomplete and unfinished like an apple that has begun to shrink before it has reached maturity —Louis Bromfield
2. Incomplete as the world on the fifth day of creation —Anon
3. Incomplete like a pastrami sandwich without a pickle —Ed Mc Bain
4. Incomplete … like a tree without leaves, a building without a foundation, or a shadow without the body that casts it (The knight-errant without a lady is like … ) —Miguel de Cervantes
5. Unfinished [sentence] like a plaster half of an ancient sculptured torso —Penelope Gilliatt

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Thesaurus

Noun

1.

incompleteness - the state of being crude and incomplete and imperfect; "the study was criticized for incompleteness of data but it stimulated further research"; "the rawness of his diary made it unpublishable" rawness integrity, unity, wholeness - an undivided or unbroken completeness or totality with nothing wanting; "the integrity of the nervous system is required for normal development"; "he took measures to insure the territorial unity of Croatia" partialness - the state of being only a part; not total; incomplete sketchiness - incompleteness of details completeness - the state of being complete and entire; having everything that is needed

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Translations

incomplétude

incompleteness

[ˌɪnkəmˈpliːtnɪs] N → lo incompleto
because of the incompleteness of the reforms → a causa de lo incompleto de las reformas

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incompleteness

n (of collection, series) → Unvollkommenheit f, → Unvollständigkeit f; (of knowledge, information) → Lückenhaftigkeit f; (= unfinished state: of painting, novel) → Unfertigkeit f

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