tamamlanamamas

Tamamlanamamas is a Turkish term used to describe things or states that cannot be completed. It is formed from the verb tamamlanmak (to be completed) and the negative aspect tamamlanamamak (to be unable to be completed). In standard Turkish, the plural form would be tamamlanamamalar, while tamamlanamamas appears in some literary or rhetorical uses to refer to incompletable phenomena.

Usage of tamamlanamamas is most common in literary, philosophical, or analytical discourse rather than in everyday project planning. It is employed to discuss processes that are effectively infinite, inherently unresolved, or conditioned by changing criteria, making final completion impossible or impractical. For example, a project with constantly shifting requirements or a theoretical argument that keeps generating new questions can be described as involving tamamlanamamas.

Relation to broader concepts: tamamlanamamas parallels the general idea of incompleteness and is sometimes invoked in discussions of paradoxes, infinite regress, or limits of knowledge. While not a formal technical term in Turkish dictionaries, it can function as a concise rhetorical or analytic device in essays, critique, or theoretical writing.

See also: tamamlanmak, tamamlanamamak, incompleteness, paradox, infinite regress, Sisyphean task.