unwhole

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   rare: not whole, complete, or entire

   The surviving manuscript is unwhole because several leaves are missing.

From Middle English unhole and Old English unhal, 'not whole, unhealthy, or infirm,' from un- + hal, the ancestor of whole. The old physical-health sense faded, leaving the rare compositional meaning 'not complete.'

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