CEFR C1

incompleteness

noun

Meaning

The state or quality of being unfinished, partial, or lacking some necessary part.

Examples

The incompleteness of the data made it difficult to draw accurate conclusions from the study.
She felt a sense of incompleteness in her life until she pursued her long-held dream of becoming a writer.

Synonyms: partiality, fragmentation, deficiency, insufficiency

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incompleteness (C1)

noun

Pronunciation: /ˌɪnkəmˈpliːtnəs/

Definition

The state or quality of being unfinished, partial, or lacking some necessary part.

Examples

The incompleteness of the data made it difficult to draw accurate conclusions from the study.
She felt a sense of incompleteness in her life until she pursued her long-held dream of becoming a writer.
Despite its brilliance, the ancient manuscript suffered from incompleteness due to damaged pages.

How to Use incompleteness

sense of incompleteness (collocation): A feeling that something is missing or not whole. — "Many artists express a deep sense of incompleteness if they cannot create."
degree of incompleteness (collocation): The extent to which something is not complete. — "The report had a high degree of incompleteness, missing several key sections."

Synonyms of incompleteness

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Antonyms of incompleteness

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