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INCOMPLETENESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The state of being crude and incomplete and imperfect
Example:
the rawness of his diary made it unpublishable
Synonyms:
incompleteness; rawness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("incompleteness" is a kind of...):
integrity; unity; wholeness (an undivided or unbroken completeness or totality with nothing wanting)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "incompleteness"):
partialness (the state of being only a part; not total; incomplete)
sketchiness (incompleteness of details)
Antonym:
completeness (the state of being complete and entire; having everything that is needed)
Derivation:
incomplete (not complete or total; not completed)
incomplete (not yet finished)
