fragmentary
adjective
consisting of or reduced to fragments; broken; disconnected; incomplete.
fragmentariness
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a word derived from
fragmentary.
Example Sentences
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But Munro writes about incompleteness—the impossibility of completing anything, and the fragmentariness of our understanding of other people and even ourselves.
From Time ● Oct. 10, 2013
He who reads this book will observe at once its fragmentary nature; but only after some study will perceive that the fragmentariness lies in the expression more than in the thought.
From Pascal's Pensées by Blaise Pascal
This habit of working out ideas with the assistance of the piano has been condemned by most theorists as being likely to lead to fragmentariness.
From Haydn by J. Cuthbert (James Cuthbert) Hadden
The fragmentariness of utility should never forget its subordinate position in human affairs.
From Creative Unity by Rabindranath Tagore
Divided into passionate duality, He, so finished and immune, now broken into desirous fragmentariness, Doomed to make an intolerable fool of himself In his effort toward completion again.
From Tortoises by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence
