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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. Compare perfect ( def 11a ).
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
Derived Forms
- ˈڱٲԱ, noun
- ˈڱٱ, adverb
Other 51Թ Forms
- ··ڱ· adverb
- ··ڱ·Ա noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of imperfect1
Example Sentences
Our mistakes make us human, but admitting them brings us together, and in Ahn’s take on “The Wedding Banquet,” all imperfect parties are welcome to RSVP.
Over the course of “White Lotus” Season 3, “Sex Education” alumna Wood left an impression on viewers with her performance and her imperfect teeth, which she has publicly embraced amid the growing popularity of veneers.
Additionally, although part of the executive branch, the Justice Department has long held the laudable, however imperfect, distinction of being independent.
In 1991’s “The Doors,” Oliver Stone pushed the boundaries of a music biopic to make a calamitous, imperfect work that could accurately reflect the spectacle that was Jim Morrison’s life.
Pali High resumed classes online Jan. 21, but that was always viewed as an imperfect short-term solution for the 2,445-student school.
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