incompactadj.
/ɪnkəmˈpakt/ a. Not compact; loosely put together; of loose consistency.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > constitution of matter > lack of density > [adjective] > loose texture
loosec1374
solutec1440
dissolute1607
lax1615
fuzzy1616
incompact1616
waterish1665
incompacted1680
uncompact1705
laxy1716
unconsolidated1802
hover1851
unpacked1855
uncompacted1863
1616 J. Bullokar Eng. Expositor Incompact, slight, not close ioyned.
1690 T. Burnet Theory of Earth iii. 55 These ruines..being not onely unequal in their surface, but also hollow, loose, and incompact within, as ruines use to be.
1759 J. Mills tr. H. L. Duhamel du Monceau Pract. Treat. Husbandry i. viii. 22 The earth itself loose and incompact.
b. transferred and figurative.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or detachment > loosening or unfastening > [adjective] > not firmly attached or loose > loose (of attachment or connection)
uncompacted1661
lax1782
incompact1829
loose-knit1906
1829 W. S. Landor Wks. (1846) I. 399/2 The empire of the Czars being already incompact and vast.
1852 tr. J. J. Seidel Organ & its Constr. 116 Their tone is too braying and incoherent (or incompact).
1869 A. W. Haddan Apostolical Succession Church Eng. iii. 55 An organized Church is a more effective instrument for the transmission of truth than the incompact school of a philosophical sect.
Derivatives
incomˈpactly adv.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or breaking up into constituent parts > [adverb] > in or into incohesive condition
up1377
incompactly1846
1846 W. S. Landor Wks. I. 71/2 My memory..is apt to stagger and swerve under verses piled incompactly.
incomˈpactness n.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > constitution of matter > lack of density > [noun] > loose texture
looseness1562
laxity1603
fuzziness1613
laxness1718
incompactness1727
foziness1821
1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Incompactness.
1898 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Oct. 540/1 The geese..have a strange air of incompactness, mainly attributable to the independent character of many of their wing-feathers.
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