incompleteness

[US]/ˌinkəm'pli:ʃən/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. the state of being incomplete.

Phrases & Collocations

sense of incompleteness

Example Sentences

The incompleteness of the translator's structure is a necessary condition for the retranslation's coming into being,while that of the readers a sufficient condition.

There is a sense of incompleteness in her latest artwork.

The incompleteness of the project was due to a lack of funding.

The incompleteness of the puzzle frustrated him.

She felt a deep sense of incompleteness after the breakup.

The incompleteness of the report raised concerns among the team members.

The incompleteness of his explanation left many questions unanswered.

The incompleteness of the data made it difficult to draw conclusions.

The incompleteness of the plan led to its failure.

She sensed a feeling of incompleteness in their relationship.

The incompleteness of his training hindered his progress.

Real-world Examples

Well, Kurt Godel's incompleteness theorems eliminate the possibility of a unified theory.

Source: Young Sheldon Season 4

With an explosion of things that could be and should be done comes a nagging sense of incompleteness.

Source: WIL Life Revelation

He knew, though, that the price of his intactness was incompleteness.

Source: The Night's Gentle Embrace (Part 1)

This essential incompleteness appears, according to Hegel, equally in the world of thought and in the world of things.

Source: Philosophical question

But however perfect the season and the day, the cold incompleteness of these young lakes is always keenly felt.

Source: The Mountains of California (Part 1)

On the psychological level, the sense of lack and incompleteness is, if anything, even greater than on the physical level.

Source: The Power of Now

I finally asked, still disquieted by a sense of incompleteness, by the need of some connecting thread between the parallel lines of the tale.

Source: People and Ghosts (Part 2)

In this way Hegel advances until he reaches the 'Absolute Idea', which, according to him, has no incompleteness, no opposite, and no need of further development.

Source: Philosophical question

What matters is that the underlying feelings of incompleteness, of fear, lack, and unfulfillment so characteristic of the egoic state are no longer there — or are they?

Source: The Power of Now

How much of the incompleteness of his situation was referable to her father, through the painful anxiety to avoid reviving old associations of France in his mind, he did not discuss with himself.

Source: A Tale of Two Cities (Original Version)

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