imperfect
IPA: ɪmpˈɝfɪkt
noun
- something having a minor flaw
- (grammar) a tense of verbs used in describing a past action that is incomplete or continuous
verb
- (transitive) to make imperfect
adjective
- not perfect
- (botany) unisexual: having either male (with stamens) or female (with pistil) flowers, but not with both.
- (taxonomy) known or expected to be polyphyletic, as of a form taxon.
- (obsolete) lacking some elementary organ that is essential to successful or normal activity.
- (grammar) belonging to a tense of verbs used in describing a past action that is incomplete or continuous
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Examples of "imperfect" in Sentences
- The manuscript is in imperfect condition.
- The evolution of imperfect floral mimicry.
- In the imperfect they use the endings of the weak verbs.
- My preference for the Kantian and imperfect peace remains unshaken.
- So in the former circumstance he is weak, and in the later imperfect.
- The two forms of the imperfect subjunctive are largely interchangeable.
- The conditional endings correspond to those of the imperfect indicative.
- The imperfect carrying out of this policy forms the history of the land.
- In the present tense they use the endings of the strong verbs' imperfect.
- A calendar is an inherently imperfect way of modelling the motion of the earth.
- WD: I find superheroes kind of dull, so Ethan was meant to be imperfect from the start.
- And too often, balls were called "perfect" before they stopped rolling in imperfect spots.
- Catholics that are not reconciled to the Church by means of the sacraments are also in imperfect communion, no?
- I see fleeting planets spin, warp, cut in imperfect time and mothers, heart-twisted all bidding you open your mouth, little love.
- Rabbi Yaakov and Rebbetzin Yosefa free, delicious popcorn knowing that being imperfect is just fine endorphins and serotonin sixties-revival music feeling rich and lucky
- What makes the comparison of the perfect Taj and the “perfect” Apple so imperfect is that the vision of the Taj came from the heart, while the Apple products are for a specific customer segment who are willing to pay a premium.
- In place of these programs and the premiums we now contribute to them, and along with catastrophic insurance, the government should create a new form of health savings account — a vehicle that has existed, though in imperfect form, since 2003.