incompleteness
nounEtymology From incomplete + -ness.
1
Usually The state or condition of being not complete.
- Its incompleteness in this respect makes the timetable of less value than some of its Continental counterparts, such as the French Horaires Mayeux; nevertheless, it is fair value at 5s.1962 July, “Talking of Trains: The new all-line timetable”, in Modern Railways, page 10:
- This low number points to the incompleteness and, with respect, haphazardness of the two selections.2014, James Lambert, “Diachronic stability in Indian English lexis”, in World Englishes, page 117:
- Synonyms
- incompletion, unfinishedness
- Antonyms
- completeness, completion, finishedness
- Related terms
- Gödel's incompleteness theorem