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UK
/ɪmpˈɜːfɛkt/
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[ US /ˌɪmˈpɝfɪkt/ ]
[ US /ˌɪmˈpɝfɪkt/ ]
NOUN
- a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going
ADJECTIVE
-
not perfect; defective or inadequate
imperfect mortals
had only an imperfect understanding of his responsibilities
drainage here is imperfect -
wanting in moral strength, courage, or will; having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings
I'm only a fallible human
frail humanity
How To Use imperfect In A Sentence
- There's nothing at all wrong with a bit of human imperfection here and there.
- They parleyed and left us with an imperfect independence.
- Heart disease is an affection of the heart brought on by morbific agents turned loose in the blood from imperfect digestion.
- All her meanness and prosaicness was forgotten, all her imperfections and shortcomings; it was home, the one tangible thing in the glittering emptiness of the spheres. Gulliver of Mars
- “hydrometry,” still in an imperfect state, was little to be depended upon in the days when European ideas concerning the Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo
- There is nothing more rare, nor more beautiful, than a woman being unapologetically herself; comfortable in her perfect imperfection. To me, that is the true essence of beauty. Steve Maraboli
- Now seeing in the last section, those we call mathematics are absolved of the crime of breeding controversy; and they that pretend not to learning cannot be accused; the fault lieth altogether in the dogmatics, that is to say, those that are imperfectly learned, and with passion press to have their opinions pass everywhere for truth, without any evident demonstration either from experience, or from places of Scripture of uncontroverted interpretation. The Elements of Law Natural and Politic
- Ever the courtier alert to the slightest imperfections in his outward mien, the Earl is accustomed to checking his physical appearance in the glass.
- We love the imperfect shapes in nature and in the works of art, look for an intentional error as a sign of the golden key and sincerity found in true mastery. Dejan Stojanovic
- We love the imperfect shapes in nature and in the works of art, look for an intentional error as a sign of the golden key and sincerity found in true mastery. Dejan Stojanovic