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Definition of imperfect:
- Not fulfilling its design; not realizing an ideal; not conformed to a standard or rule; not satisfying the taste or conscience; esthetically or morally defective.
- Not perfect; not complete in all its parts; wanting a part; deective; deficient.
- The imperfect tense; or the form of a verb denoting the imperfect tense.
- To make imperfect.
- Wanting in some elementary organ that is essential to successful or normal activity.
Synonyms:
faint, light, liberalist, broken, feeble, decrepit, washy, better, continuous tense, weakly, corrupted, progressive tense, liberal, watery, fragile, rickety, frail, blemished, flawed, infirm, fallible, debile, corrupt, faulty, imperfect tense, weak, progressive, delicate, defective, human, sapless, unaccented.
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blemished (part of speech: adjective)
- flawed,
- blotched,
- discolored,
- flecked,
- disfigured,
- splotched,
- scuffed,
- blistered,
- stained,
- specked,
- distorted,
- tainted,
- spoiled,
- scraped,
- impure,
- chipped,
- pockmarked,
- spotted,
- tarnished,
- abraded,
- damaged,
- marked,
- fractured,
- scored,
- scabbed,
- freckled,
- hacked,
- cracked,
- nicked,
- defective,
- defaced,
- marred,
- slit,
- scratched,
- notched,
- blemished,
- gashed,
- scarred,
- deformed
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imperfect (part of speech: adjective)
- deficient,
- blotched,
- spoiled,
- flawed,
- second-rate,
- inadequate,
- defective,
- incomplete,
- faulty,
- blemished,
- tainted
- impure (part of speech: adjective)
- deficient (part of speech: adjective)
Usage examples:
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If what I send be, as under present circumstances it must be, imperfect, you will excuse it, as being done near twelve years ago.
- "The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. VI. (of 12)", Edmund Burke. -
Nevertheless, they are only imperfect accusatives.
- "The English Language", Robert Gordon Latham. -
As far as my strength allowed, I have finished the work I had to do as I went along; and now I leave it, all imperfect as it has been, in His hands.
- "Catherine Booth A Sketch", Colonel Mildred Duff.