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incompleteness

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

The state or condition of being not complete.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

the state of being crude and incomplete and imperfect

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the study was criticized for incompleteness of data but it stimulated further research
  • the rawness of his diary made it unpublishable

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: rawness

Antonyms: completeness

Broader terms: integrity, unity, wholeness

Narrower terms: partialness, sketchiness

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English incomplete Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh2yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h2ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English incompleteness From incomplete + -ness.

Across languages

Translations

29 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: incompletesa — incomplete state or condition
  • Catalan: incompletetitud — incomplete state or condition
  • Catalan: incompletud — incomplete state or condition
  • Czech: neúplnost — incomplete state or condition
  • Finnish: epätäydellisyys — incomplete state or condition
  • French: incomplétude — incomplete state or condition
  • French: incomplétitude — incomplete state or condition
  • German: Unvollständigkeit — incomplete state or condition
  • Hindi: अपूर्णता (apūrṇatā) — incomplete state or condition
  • Indonesian: ketidaklengkapan — incomplete state or condition
  • Irish: neamhiomláine — incomplete state or condition
  • Irish: neamhfhoirfeacht — incomplete state or condition
  • Italian: incompletezza — incomplete state or condition
  • Japanese: 未完 (mikan) — incomplete state or condition
  • Malayalam: അപൂർണ്ണത (apūṟṇṇata) — incomplete state or condition
  • Manx: neuslanid — incomplete state or condition
  • Manx: neuchreaghnys — incomplete state or condition
  • Portuguese: incompletude — incomplete state or condition
  • Portuguese: incompletitude — incomplete state or condition
  • Russian: незаконченность (nezakončennostʹ) — incomplete state or condition
  • Russian: незавершённость (nezaveršónnostʹ) — incomplete state or condition
  • Russian: неполнота (nepolnota) — incomplete state or condition
  • Russian: несовершенность (nesoveršennostʹ) — incomplete state or condition
  • Russian: недодел (nedodel) — incomplete state or condition
  • Russian: недостроенность (nedostrojennostʹ) — incomplete state or condition
  • Russian: недоделка (nedodelka) — incomplete state or condition
  • Spanish: incompletitud — incomplete state or condition
  • Spanish: incompletud — incomplete state or condition
  • Swedish: ofullständighet — incomplete state or condition