completeness
noun
the state or property of being complete.
incompleteness
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a word derived from
completeness.
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a word derived from
incomplete.
incompleteadjectivenot complete; lacking some part.
Example Sentences
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Mr. Armitage distinguishes himself by refusing the fetish of incompleteness.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026
By applying advanced mathematical principles, including Gödel's incompleteness theorem, they proved that any consistent and complete model of existence requires what they call "non-algorithmic understanding."
From Science Daily ● Nov. 10, 2025
The incompleteness of the research has not stopped governments—in China, South Korea, and the U.K.—from embedding assumptions about its prevalence and mechanisms into their laws.
From Slate ● Oct. 28, 2023
The halting problem is a direct application of mathematician Kurt Gödel’s incompleteness theorems, which state that not all mathematical statements can be proved.
From Scientific American ● May 23, 2023
In 1963 a mathematician, Paul Cohen, proved that this puzzle, the so-called continuum hypothesis, was neither provable nor disprovable, thanks to Gödel’s incompleteness theorem.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
