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Recent Examples of incompleteness
However, they’re often left with a feeling of incompleteness at the end of one.
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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
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
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For most people eating a typical diet, sodium deficiency is very rare.—
Daryl Austin,
USA Today,
16 May 2026
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This season, however, due to a number of factors including changing personnel, injuries, underperformance from key players and tactical deficiencies, Liverpool have become a soft touch and easy to play against.—
Colin Millar,
New York Times,
16 May 2026
Noun
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The inadequacy of that shipping rate continues to have daily real-world consequences.—
Jeremy Hsu,
ArsTechnica,
8 May 2026
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The reality is that Kenya, like many other African countries, isn’t capable of taking full advantage of economic opportunities presented by the boom in AI and data centers due to the inadequacy of basic underlying infrastructure.—
Martin K.N Siele,
semafor.com,
6 May 2026
Noun
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The elder show’s rough-hewn edges and imperfections were central to its appeal.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 May 2026
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The resulting project embraces imperfection, an ethos Bingham claims to have grown more comfortable with over time.—
Chris Barilla,
PEOPLE,
15 May 2026
Noun
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Duren has been aware of his shortcomings over the last two seasons.—
Hunter Patterson,
New York Times,
18 May 2026
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However, the system had its shortcomings.—
David Szondy
May 17,
New Atlas,
17 May 2026
Noun
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The guard admitted he was surprised by the lack of questions about his medical status but voiced confidence that the issue would not continue into his NBA career.—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
13 May 2026
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The defense has detailed the lack of physical evidence — no DNA or blood was found on Murdaugh or any of his clothes, even though the killings were at close range with powerful weapons that were never found.—
Jeffrey Collins,
Los Angeles Times,
13 May 2026
Noun
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Often times there are provisions in a divorce agreement about insufficiency of life insurance including a claim against his estate.—
Wendy Hickey,
Boston Herald,
26 Apr. 2026
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But there’s another common culprit that most women don’t think about—vitamin D insufficiency or deficiency.—
Helen Carefoot,
Flow Space,
24 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The 12 runs were a season high for the Marlins and the 12-run deficit was the worst loss of the season for the Braves (32-16).—
Chad Bishop,
AJC.com,
19 May 2026
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After wildfires hit Georgia in April 2026 fueled by a rain deficit, high winds and low humidity, — among other causes, per NASA — neighboring states got slammed with poor air quality alerts.—
Ryan Brennan
May 19,
Kansas City Star,
19 May 2026
Noun
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The sponsors of House Bill 1430 boldly admit that our transportation taxes have been hijacked to pay for education and health care, and that taking those funds out of the legislature’s cookie jar will create shortfalls.—
DP Opinion,
Denver Post,
19 May 2026
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Many have proposed either proposition 2 ½ override votes or cuts to essential services in order to close budget shortfalls.—
Tim Dunn,
Boston Herald,
19 May 2026
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“Incompleteness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incompleteness. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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