INCOMPLETENESS Synonyms: 27 Similar and Opposite Words

incompleteness

noun

Definition of incompleteness

as in deficiency

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Recent Examples of incompleteness Visitors enter through an enormous convex iron door and find themselves in a space that seems to revel in its incompleteness. — Tim Hornyak, New York Times, 14 Oct. 2026 His first incompleteness theorem states that there are necessarily unprovable statements in all sufficiently strong, contradiction-free systems. — Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 26 May 2026 His first incompleteness theorem states that in every formal system of mathematics that is rich enough to express arithmetic, there will be propositions that are both true and unprovable. — Quanta Magazine, 18 May 2026 However, they’re often left with a feeling of incompleteness at the end of one. — Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 16 May 2026 Your proof rests on two famous sets of premises—Gödel’s incompleteness theorems, which found that every mathematical system will have statements that can never be proven, and Turing’s undecidability result for the halting problem, which found that some problems are inherently unsolvable. — IEEE Spectrum, 4 May 2026 This structural incompleteness proves the Lystrosaurus was still in a pre-hatching developmental stage. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 9 Apr. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for incompleteness

Noun

While it was designed to bring nationwide uniformity and stability to college athletics, its deficiencies are manifold.

— Bruce Svare, Sportico.com, 17 Oct. 2026
Commissioner John King's office previously said the March inspection found no violations, deficiencies or red tags.

— Christopher Harris, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of deficiency

Noun

They are confined to their bodies, rife with their many flaws and inadequacies.

— Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026
Over time, as the human side of the evolving machine-flesh dyad matured, WHEEP-3 shifted its attention to the silicon partner, offering trenchant critiques of the inadequacies of machine learning.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of inadequacy

Noun

They are dinged up and dingy, fortunate to constantly bask in a golden hue that covers up their imperfections.

— Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2026
Celine’s Michael Rider leads a pack of creatives who seek spontaneous styling, embrace imperfection, and refuse to be bound by rules.

— Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of imperfection

Noun

By the August meeting, shortcomings in the rollout were identified.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 18 Oct. 2026
Jenae and Shalanda walk Brittany through how our aging power grid - coupled with climate change, the strain of new technologies, and a lack of investment - exposes the systemic shortcomings that very well might leave all of us in the dark.

— October 16, NPR, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of shortcoming

Noun

The demonstrations first erupted last month in a high school in Creteil, southeast of Paris, over a lack of staff.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 23 Oct. 2026
Management is guiding to flat EBITDA margins for the year, as lower-margin acquisitions and a fading FX tailwind offset productivity gains, so don't be worried about a lack of profitability growth in coming quarters.

— Josh Brown,Sean Russo, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of lack

Noun

Stoughton broadly recommends any kind of standing water activity for anyone looking to avoid vein issues or even counteract early-stage venous insufficiency.

— Erica Sloan, Washington Post, 10 Oct. 2026
Products like Creon, Zenpep, Pancreaze, Pertzye, Ultresa and Viokace are typically prescribed for exocrine pancreatic insufficiency, a condition in which the body does not produce enough enzymes on its own.

— Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of insufficiency

Noun

In their open letter, the filmmakers estimated that the collapse of Canal+’s agreement alone would result in a €750 million ($841 million) shortfall for French cinema over five years.

— Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 16 Oct. 2026
These flexible funds are helping to cover research funding shortfalls at Cornell University, undergraduate scholarships at Georgetown University and general operations at the College of the Atlantic.

— William Blomquist, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2026

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