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imperfect
[im-pur-fikt]
adjective
relating to or characterized by defects or weaknesses.
With my imperfect vision I couldn’t make out the street name.
Synonyms: ,not perfect; lacking completeness.
Human knowledge on all subjects is imperfect.
Synonyms: , ,Antonyms:Grammar.designating a verb aspect, tense, or other verb category used to express an action or state still in process at some point of reference in time, especially in the past.
Law.being without legal effect or support; unenforceable.
Botany.(of a flower) diclinous.
Music.of or relating to the interval of a major or minor third or sixth.
noun
in some languages, a verb aspect, tense, or other verb category used to express an action or state still in process at some point of reference in time, especially in the past.
an instance or form of a specific verb in such an aspect, tense, or construction, such as Latin ǰ “I was carrying.”
imperfect
/ ɪˈɜːɪ /
adjective
exhibiting or characterized by faults, mistakes, etc; defective
not complete or finished; deficient
botany
(of flowers) lacking functional stamens or pistils
(of fungi) not undergoing sexual reproduction
grammar denoting a tense of verbs used most commonly in describing continuous or repeated past actions or events, as for example was walking as opposed to walked
law (of a trust, an obligation, etc) lacking some necessary formality to make effective or binding; incomplete; legally unenforceable See also executory
music
(of a cadence) proceeding to the dominant from the tonic, subdominant, or any chord other than the dominant
of or relating to all intervals other than the fourth, fifth, and octave Compare perfect
noun
grammar
the imperfect tense
a verb in this tense
Other 51Թ Forms
- imperfectly adverb
- imperfectness noun
- ˈڱٲԱ noun
- ˈڱٱ adverb
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of imperfect1
Example Sentences
Not everything makes perfect, or even imperfect, sense.
It’s part of what’s messy and splendid and complicated about this blended, imperfect corner of the world, where many of us know students or workers or families with temporary status, or none at all.
As a historian but also as a citizen, I never forget the key difference between an imperfect democracy and a total dictatorship.
Joel is an imperfect figure, but we’re moved to bond with him and agree with Ellie that he didn’t deserve to die.
Evidently, half the electorate grew bored, confused and uncomfortable living in a free country, however imperfect it may have been.
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