incompleteness

Variant of incomplete

incomplete definition

in·com·plete (in′kəm plēt′)

adjective

  1. lacking a part or parts; not whole; not full
  2. unfinished; not concluded
  3. not perfect; not thorough

Etymology: ME incompleet < LL incompletus: see in- & complete

noun

Educ.
  1. incompletion of assigned work in a course
  2. a grade or mark (usually I) indicating incompletion of assigned work

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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