Meanings
plural incompletenesses
- uncountableusuallyThe state or condition of being not complete.
This low number points to the incompleteness and, with respect, haphazardness of the two selections.
2014, James Lambert, “Diachronic stability in Indian English lexis”, in World Englishes, page 1171 more example
Its incompleteness in this respect makes the timetable of less value than some of its Continental counterparts, such as the French Horaires Mayeux; nevertheless, it is fair value at 5s.
1962 July, “Talking of Trains: The new all-line timetable”, in Modern Railways, page 10Synonyms: incompletion, unfinishedness · Antonyms: completeness, completion, finishedness
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe state or condition of being not complete.
More synonyms by meaning
nounthe state of being crude and incomplete and imperfect
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Catalan incompletesa, incompletetitud
- incompletesaincomplete state or condition
- incompletetitudincomplete state or condition
- incompletudincomplete state or condition
Czech neúplnost
- neúplnostincomplete state or condition
Finnish epätäydellisyys
- epätäydellisyysincomplete state or condition
French incomplétude, incomplétitude
- incomplétudeincomplete state or condition
- incomplétitudeincomplete state or condition
German Unvollständigkeit
- Unvollständigkeitincomplete state or condition
Hindi अपूर्णता
- अपूर्णता (apūrṇatā)incomplete state or condition
Indonesian ketidaklengkapan
- ketidaklengkapanincomplete state or condition
Irish neamhiomláine, neamhfhoirfeacht
- neamhiomláineincomplete state or condition
- neamhfhoirfeachtincomplete state or condition
Italian incompletezza
- incompletezzaincomplete state or condition
Japanese 未完
- 未完 (mikan)incomplete state or condition
Portuguese incompletude, incompletitude
- incompletudeincomplete state or condition
- incompletitudeincomplete state or condition
Russian незаконченность, незавершённость
- незаконченность (nezakončennostʹ)incomplete state or condition
- незавершённость (nezaveršónnostʹ)incomplete state or condition
- неполнота (nepolnota)incomplete state or condition
- несовершенность (nesoveršennostʹ)incomplete state or condition
- недодел (nedodel)incomplete state or condition
- недостроенность (nedostrojennostʹ)incomplete state or condition
- недоделка (nedodelka)incomplete state or condition
Spanish incompletitud, incompletud
- incompletitudincomplete state or condition
- incompletudincomplete state or condition
Swedish ofullständighet
- ofullständighetincomplete state or condition
Cite this entry
incompleteness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/incompleteness
“incompleteness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/incompleteness. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “incompleteness,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/incompleteness.
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