fragmentariness

noun

frag·​men·​tar·​i·​ness -rēnə̇s 

-rin-

plural -es

: the quality or state of being fragmentary

the fragmentariness of our approach and the unsystematic nature of our categories

—Anna G. Hatcher

exasperated by the fragmentariness of the facts at my disposal

—W. S. Maugham

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