incompleteness

incompleteness
noun
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

Syn: ↑rawness
Ant: ↑completeness
Derivationally related forms: ↑raw (for: ↑rawness), ↑incomplete
Hypernyms: ↑integrity, ↑unity, ↑wholeness
Hyponyms: ↑partialness, ↑sketchiness

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

Игры ⚽ Нужно сделать НИР?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Incompleteness — In com*plete ness, n. The state of being incomplete; imperfectness; defectiveness. Boyle. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • incompleteness — index dearth, defect, deficiency, deficit, hiatus, insufficiency, need (deprivation) Burton s Legal Thesa …   Law dictionary

  • incompleteness — (n.) 1640s; from INCOMPLETE (Cf. incomplete) + NESS (Cf. ness) …   Etymology dictionary

  • Incompleteness — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Incompleteness >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 incompleteness incompleteness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 deficiency deficiency short measure Sgm: N 1 shortcoming shortcoming &c. 304 Sgm: N 1 insufficiency insufficiency &c. 6 …   English dictionary for students

  • incompleteness — noun the state or condition of being not complete Ant: completeness See Also: Gödels incompleteness theorem …   Wiktionary

  • incompleteness — (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Lack of something Nouns 1. incompleteness, short measure, half measures, insufficiency, deficiency, imperfection, inadequacy, discontinuance; immaturity (see unpreparedness). See part. 2. noncompletion,… …   English dictionary for students

  • incompleteness — incomplete ► ADJECTIVE ▪ not complete. DERIVATIVES incompletely adverb incompleteness noun incompletion noun …   English terms dictionary

  • Incompleteness of quantum physics — is the assertion that the state of a physical system, as formulated by quantum mechanics, does not give a complete description for the system, assuming the usual philosophical requirements ( reality , nonlocality , etc.). Einstein, Podolsky, and… …   Wikipedia

  • incompleteness — noun see incomplete …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • incompleteness — See incompletely. * * * …   Universalium

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”