Imperfect

Definition: Imperfect

Imperfect

Adjective

1. Not perfect; defective or inadequate; "had only an imperfect understanding of his responsibilities"; "imperfect mortals"; "drainage here is imperfect".

2. Having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings; "I'm only human"; "frail humanity".

Noun

1. A tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "imperfect" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references)

Etymology: Imperfect \Im*per"fect\, adjective. [Latin imperfectus: pref. im- not + perfectus perfect: compare to F imparfait, whence Old English imparfit. See Perfect.]. (references)

Synonyms: Imperfect

Blemish

Adjective: pitted, freckled, discolored; imperfect; blobber-lipped, bloodshot; injured; (deteriorated).

Deterioration

Adjective: unimproved; (improve; ); deteriorated; Verb: altered, altered for the worse; injured; Verb: sprung; withering, spoiling; Verb: on the wane, on the decline; tabid; degenerate; marescent; worse; the worse for, all the worse for; out of repair, out of tune; imperfect; the worse for wear; battered; weathered, weather-beaten; stale, passe, shaken, dilapidated, frayed, faded, wilted, shabby, secondhand, threadbare; worn, worn to a thread, worn to a shadow, worn to the stump, worn to rags; reduced, reduced to a skeleton; far gone; tacky.

Imperfection

Verb: be imperfect; Adjective: have a defect; Noun: lie under a disadvantage; spring a leak.

Adjective: imperfect; not perfect; deficient, defective; faulty, unsound, tainted; out of order, out of tune; cracked, leaky; sprung; warped; (distort); lame; injured; (deteriorated); peccant; (bad); frail; (weak); inadequate; (insufficient); crude; (unprepared); incomplete; found wanting; below par; short-handed; below its full strength, under its full strength, below its full complement.

Incompleteness

Adjective: incomplete; imperfect; unfinished; uncompleted; (see complete; ); defective, deficient, wanting, lacking, failing; in default, in arrear; short of; hollow, meager, lame, halfand-half, perfunctory, sketchy; crude; (unprepared).

Insufficiency

Adjective: insufficient, inadequate; too little; not enough; unequal to; incompetent; (impotent); " weighed in the balance and found wanting "; perfunctory; (neglect); deficient; (incomplete); wanting; Verb: imperfect; ill-furnished, ill-provided, ill-stored, ill-off.

Vice

Weak, frail, lax, infirm, imperfect; indiscrete; demoralizing, degrading.

Crosswords: Imperfect

Romanian (defective, faulty, ill, imperfect, incomplete, unfinished).

Screws fall out all the time, sir. It's an imperfect world (The Breakfast Club ; writing credit: John Hughes)

For you, circling 500 feet in the air is imperfect. Down in the street, it's unforgiving (Black Hawk Down; writing credit: Ken Nolan)

Life is imperfect! (Black Hawk Down; writing credit: Ken Nolan)

With our system and imperfect knowledge (Law & Order; writing credit: Peter Yeldham)

Love is not finding a perfect person, it is seeing an imperfect person perfectly. (references; author: unknown)

The Imperfect Lady (1947)

An Imperfect Solution: A Tale of the Re-Animator (2003)

Past Imperfect (1991)

Part 3: Falling Apart and Getting Together Imperfect Union: Canadian Labour and the Left (1989)

Sounds Imperfect (1988)

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Books

• The Perfectly Imperfect Church: Redefining the 'Ideal' Church (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Dragon Ball Z - Imperfect Cell - Encounter (reference)

• Star Trek - The Next Generation, Episode 82: Future Imperfect (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Coffee Breaks with Jesse Lee: Perfect Yoga for an Imperfect World (reference)

• Imperfect Rhymes (reference)

• Past Imperfect, Present Tense (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

The power, then, that parents have over their children, arises from that duty which is incumbent on them, to take care of their off-spring, during the imperfect state of childhood. (Second Treatise of Government)

In framing any recommendation or draft convention of general application the Conference shall have due regard to those countries in which climatic conditions, the imperfect development of industrial organisation or other special circumstances make the industrial conditions substantially different and shall suggest the modifications, if any, which it considers may be required to meet the case of such countries. (reference)

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The imperfect age in which we live

And this was the first time I began to conceive some imperfect idea of courts and ministers

How would, I say, mine eyes be blessed made by looking on thee in the living day, when in dead night thy fair imperfect shade through heavy sleep on sightless eyes doth stay

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Health

Leukodystrophy, also called “the leukodystrophies,” refers to a group of genetic disorders that are characterized by the imperfect development or maintenance of the white matter (myelin sheath covering nerve fibers in the brain). (references)

Economic History

Panama

These include past bidding procedures, contract obligations, project security, and a slow and imperfect judicial system. (references)

India

In spite of their imperfect implementation and the hesitation that accompanied it, there is now a demand for greater economic growth. (references)

Turkey

Turkey generally exports cotton early in the season (due to imperfect markets and to minimize carrying costs) and imports cotton later in the season to optimize production. (references)

Political Economy

Kenya

While observers considered the 1997 elections imperfect, they concluded that the vote broadly reflected the popular will. (references)

HAITI

Consumer prices are governed by supply and demand, though the small Haitian market is imperfect for determining some prices. (references)

Trade

Brazil

Brazil is a founding member of Mercosul, the Southern Common Market, a member of the World Trade Organization, and a participant in negotiations that would establish a Free Trade Area of the Americas by December 2005. An imperfect Customs Union, Mercosul members Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay implemented a Common External Tariff (CET) on January 1, 1995. (see discussion under tariffs for further details on the Mercosul CET). (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "imperfect": be imperfect ♦ Imperfect arch ♦ Imperfect cadence ♦ Imperfect consonances ♦ Imperfect flower ♦ Imperfect interval ♦ Imperfect number ♦ Imperfect obligations ♦ Imperfect power ♦ imperfect tense ♦ imperfect well ♦ past imperfect. Additional references.

Albanian

i paplotë (defective, deficient, incomplete), i papërkryer, kohë e pakryer, folje në të pakryerën, e pakryer. (various references)

Arabic 

‏منقوص, ‏مطفف, ‏ناقص من الوجهة القانونية, ‏ناقص (amiss, bid, defective, deficient, deprecatory, faulty, inchoate, incomplete, incorrect, insufficient, minus, nude, odd, reducible, revoked, scant, sketchy, truncate, unfinished, wanting), ‏غير تام (incomplete), ‏صيغة الماضي الناقص, ‏ذو عيب, ‏الماضي الناقص قواعد. (various references)

Bulgarian 

несъвършен (defective), несвършено време, несвършен (undone), непълен (inadequate, incomplete, insufficient, odd, partial, pendant, pendent, short, sketchy, unaccomplished), недостатъчен (deficient, exiguous, inadequate, incommensurate, insufficient, scanty, scarce, short, skimpy, slender, slim, wanting), дефектен (defective, incomplete, irregular, vicious). (various references)

Chinese 

不完美 (defective). (various references)

Czech

imperfektum, imperfektní, vadný (defective, deficient, faulty, vicious), nedokonalý (faulty), defektní (defective, faulty). (various references)

Danish

imperfectus, ufuldstændig, ufuldendt. (various references)

Dutch

imperfect. (various references)

Farsi 

ناکامل (Unperfect), ناقص (Half, Halfbaked, Incomplete, Incorrect, Malformed, Mutilate, Rudimentary, Sketchy, Skimpy, Unperfect, Violator), ناتمام (Incomplete, Inconclusive, Partial, Unfinished), ازبین رفتنی . (various references)

Finnish

imperfekti (past tense), viallinen (defective, faulty), vajavainen (defective), vaillinainen (defective, incomplete), puutteellinen (defective, inadequate, insufficient), epätäydellinen (incomplete). (various references)

French

imparfait. (various references)

German

unvollständig (broken, defective, inchoate, incomplete, incompletely, uncompleted), Imperfekt (preterit). (various references)

Greek 

υποτυπώδησ (substandard, vestigial), ελλιπήσ (defective, short, shy, skimpy), ελλιπής (deficient), ελαττωματικόσ (defective, deficient, faulty), ατελήσ (deficient, half-baked, inchoate, incomplete, sketchy), ατελής (defective). (various references)

Hebrew 

לא מושלם (incomplete). (various references)

Hungarian

tökéletlen (cracked, defective, half-baked, incomplete, woody), befejezetlen (half, inchoate, incomplete, unfinished), hiányos (defective, deficient, gappy, insufficient, meagre, scant, scanty, scrimp, scrimpy, void, wanting), hézagos (gappy), folyamatos múlt idő. (various references)

Indonesian

tidak sempurna (defective), tak sempurna (defective, deficeint), memfasidkan (render), fasid. (various references)

Italian

imperfetto (defective). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

至らない　 (incompetent), 至らない (incompetent), 不十分 (inadequate, insufficient, shortage), 不充分 (inadequate, insufficient, shortage), 不全 (incomplete, partial), 不完全 (defective, faulty, incomplete). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ふぜん (evil, incomplete, mischief, partial, sin, vice), ふかんぜん (defective, faulty, incomplete), ふじゅうぶん (inadequate, insufficient, shortage), いたらない (incompetent). (various references)

Korean 

불완전한 (Defective, incomplete). (various references)

Manx

neuslanjeant, neuslane (incomplete), neuglen (bawdy, dirty), lieh-chiart (odd, rough uncompleted), lheamyssagh (blemished, defaulter, defective, different), chaie. (various references)

Norwegian

imperfektum, ufullkommen, mangelfull (defective, deficient, faulty). (various references)

Pig Latin

imperfectay.(various references)

Portuguese

imperfeito (crude, defective, faulty, imperfective, inchoate, incomplete, incorrect, lacerated, lame, ragged, seamy, unfinished). (various references)

Romanian

incomplet (abortive, deficient, fragmentary, incomplete, part, partial, partly, unaccomplished, unfinished), imperfect (defective, faulty, ill, incomplete, unfinished), nedesãvârşit (defective, unaccomplished), defectuos (bad, faultily, faulty, vicious). (various references)

Russian 

несовершенный (defective, imperfective), неполный;несовершенный, неполный (defective, deficient, half, incomplete, partial, parttime), неполноценный (defective), имперфект. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

imperfekt, nesvršen (imperfective, incomplete, undone, unfinished), nesavršen (nonideal). (various references)

Spanish

imperfecto (faulty, ragged). (various references)

Swedish

ofullständig (defective, fragmentary, incomplete, partial), ofullkomlig. (various references)

Turkish

tamamlanmamış (fragmental, fragmentary, incomplete, outstanding, pendant, pendent, unaccomplished, unachieved, uncompleted, unfilled, unfinished), kusurlu (culpable, defective, faulty, inaccurate, incommensurate, incomplete, malformed, peccant, tainted), hikâye birleşik zamanı, eksik (defective, deficiency, deficient, gappy, inadequate, incommensurate, incompetent, incomplete, insufficient, lacking, lame, less, minus, missing, missing part, out, ragged, scrimp, scrimpy, short, shortfall, shy, sketchy, skimp, skimpy, wanting), bozuk (addle, bad, broken, broken down, bum, damaged, dead, deranged, dirty, disappointed, dished, disordered, distorted, doric, embroiled, faulty, flyblown, foul, gone, hard set, haywire, heavy, hipshot, in bad order, irregular, kaput, knackered, off, on the fritz, out of action, out of commission, out of gear, out of order, perverse, putrefacient, putrefactive, putrid, rancid, rotten, stale, touched, unsound, upset, vicious, wrong). (various references)

Ukrainian

імперфект, неповний (defective, half, incomplete, short), недосконалий (defective, deficient, faulty, incomplete). (various references)

Vietnamese 

không hoàn toàn chưa hoàn thành, không hoàn hảo, không hoàn chỉnh. (various references)

Welsh

anorffennol (uncompleted), amherffaith. (various references)

claudamus, claudat, claude, claudent, claudentur, clauderetur, claudet, claudetur, claudeturque, claudi, claudit, clauditis, clausa, clausae, clausas, clauserat, clauserit, clausero, clauserunt, clausi, clausis, clausisset, clausit, clausitque, clauso, clausos, clausum, clausus, claususque, imperfectus, inperfectum. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "imperfect": imperfection, imperfections, imperfective, imperfectives, imperfectly, imperfectness, imperfectnesses, imperfects. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Imperfect" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Emperface, inperfect. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: emptier, perfect, prefect, receipt.

-3 letters: cerite, cermet, emetic, empire, epimer, fierce, metier, metric, permit, piecer, pierce, premie, recept, recipe, recite, reemit, refect, retime, temper, tierce.

-4 letters: citer, creep, creme, crepe, crept, crime, crimp, cripe, erect, fermi, merit, meter, metre, miter, mitre, peter, piece, price, prime, recti, refit, remet, remit, retem, retie, tempi, terce.

+1 letter: imperfects.

+2 letters: imperfectly.

+3 letters: imperfection, imperfective.

+4 letters: imperfections, imperfectives, imperfectness, perfectionism.

+5 letters: perfectionisms.