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incompleteness

  • a word derived from completeness.
    completeness
    noun
    the state or property of being complete.
  • a word derived from incomplete.
    incomplete
    adjective
    not complete; lacking some part.

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Mr. Armitage distinguishes himself by refusing the fetish of incompleteness.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026

But I felt a sense of incompleteness, wondering if they would find him.

From Slate ● Jun. 17, 2025

In watching Tarell soldier on while he creates, learning what his art should be as he wrestles with the gift of compassion, we come to understand what’s so aesthetically resounding in life’s gnawing incompleteness.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2024

However, the diversity of locomotor behaviors in living apes and the incompleteness of the fossil record have hampered the development of a clear picture of human bipedalism's origins.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 29, 2024

The pattern of evolutionary causality is a web of astonishing complexity; the incompleteness of our understanding humbles us.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan