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gappy

gappy

1 6.5
With clear spaces where parts are missing, like a fence or teeth
  • adjective
  • /ˈɡæpi/
translation icon : incompleto
  • The philosopher Galen Strawson has a similarly "gappy" view of consciousness.
  • gappy teeth

Examples

  • She smiled brightly, revealing her gappy teeth as she laughed.

  • In Strawson's view, we would do better to accept the gappy nature of consciousness and the transitory and ephemeral nature.

    Academic text (2009)

  • If the world's process is genuinely open, it has to be 'gappy' in this intrinsic sense.

    Academic text (1991)

  • Everyone who doesn't understand C++ versus C (and this included me six months ago) should start by reading comment #10 from gappy.

    Blog text (32)

  • Your hair's so gappy, it looks like you've got the mange.

    Pawn Shop Chronicles (2013)

  • He had a charming, gappy grin that made everyone warm up to him.

  • The child showed a gappy smile, missing a few of her baby teeth.

Synonyms

unwhole
vsgappy
7.2

Missing a part so it is not complete

focuses on visible gaps or interrupted continuity rather than general lack

Antonyms

complete
497 1.0

Having all needed parts and nothing missing

continuous
141 3.7

Without a break or gap, for example in a curve

How Gappy

fragmentary
5 7.0
gappy
1 6.5
patchy
11 3.7
incomplete
117 3.4

Surface Forms

gappy positive

Morphology

gappy = gap (transparent) = gap + y

Meaning is directly derived from 'gap' + the adjectival suffix '-y' meaning 'characterized by' or 'having', so 'having gaps' is predictable for learners.

Etymology

Gappy comes from the common word gap, meaning 'opening', plus the ending -y meaning 'full of'. So gappy means 'having holes or missing parts', like a fence with missing boards or a smile with missing teeth.