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incompleteness

in·com·plete
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [in-kuh m-pleet]
    • /ˌɪn kəmˈplit/
    • /ɪnkəmˈpliːtnəs/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [in-kuh m-pleet]
    • /ˌɪn kəmˈplit/

Definitions of incompleteness word

  • adjective incompleteness not complete; lacking some part. 1
  • adjective incompleteness Football. (of a forward pass) not completed; not caught by a receiver. 1
  • adjective incompleteness Engineering. noting a truss the panel points of which are not entirely connected so as to form a system of triangles. Compare complete (def 8), redundant (def 5c). 1
  • adjective incompleteness Logic, Philosophy. (of an expression or symbol) meaningful only in a specific context. (of a set of axioms) such that there is at least one true proposition (able to be formulated in terms of the basic ideas of a given system) that is not deducible from the set. Compare complete (def 7). 1
  • noun incompleteness Education. a temporary grade indicating that a student has not fulfilled one or more of the essential requirements for a course: If I don't hand in my term paper for last semester's English course, the professor is going to change my incomplete to an F. 1
  • noun incompleteness The state or condition of being not complete. 1
See all 7 definitions of incompleteness

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Origin of incompleteness

First appearance:

before 1350
One of the 20% oldest English words
First recorded in 1350-1400; Middle English word from Late Latin word incomplētus. See in-3, complete

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Parts of speech for Incompleteness

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Incompleteness

incompleteness popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 82% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
According to our data about 51% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

incompleteness usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for incompleteness

noun incompleteness

  • blemish — A blemish is a small mark on something that spoils its appearance.
  • deficiency — Deficiency in something, especially something that your body needs, is not having enough of it.
  • weakness — the state or quality of being weak; lack of strength, firmness, vigor, or the like; feebleness.
  • failing — Slang. an embarrassing or humorous mistake, humiliating situation, etc., that is subject to ridicule and given an exaggerated importance: Their app update is a massive fail. the condition or quality resulting from having failed in this way: His online post is full of fail. a person who fails in this way.
  • inadequacy — Also, inadequateness [in-ad-i-kwit-nis] /ɪnˈæd ɪ kwɪt nɪs/ (Show IPA). the state or condition of being inadequate; insufficiency.
All 70 Synonyms of incompleteness

Antonyms for incompleteness

noun incompleteness

  • adequacy — Adequacy is the quality of being good enough or great enough in amount to be acceptable.
  • perfection — the state or quality of being or becoming perfect.
  • plenty — a full or abundant supply or amount: There is plenty of time.
  • sufficiency — the state or fact of being sufficient; adequacy.
  • strong point — Bridge. a long suit that contains high cards.
All 17 Antonyms of incompleteness

Related words

  • gödel's incompleteness theorem

    the theorem that states that in a formal logical system incorporating the properties of the natural numbers, there exists at least one formula that can be neither proved nor disproved within the system.

  • imperfection

    an imperfect detail; flaw: a law full of imperfections.

  • imperfective

    noting an aspect of the verb, as in Russian, that indicates incompleteness of the action or state at a temporal point of reference.

  • incompletion

    the state of being incomplete; incompleteness.

  • perfect progressive

    a verb form including the auxiliary have followed by been and a present participle, noting the continuation of an activity or event, its incompleteness or interruption, and its connection to the temporal point of reference, as in I've been waiting for over an hour, They had been talking about her before she came into the room, or In July, he will have been living here for two years.
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