imperfect Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going
progressive tense; imperfect tense; progressive; continuous tense.
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adjective not perfect; defective or inadequate
- had only an imperfect understanding of his responsibilities
- imperfect mortals
- drainage here is imperfect
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adjective satellite wanting in moral strength, courage, or will; having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings
weak; fallible; frail.
- I'm only a fallible human
- frail humanity
WordNet
Im*per"fect adjective
Etymology
L.Definitions
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Not perfect; not complete in all its parts; wanting a part; deective; deficient. Something he left imperfect in the state. Shak.
Why, then, your other senses grow imperfect. Shak.
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Wanting in some elementary organ that is essential to successful or normal activity. He . . . stammered like a child, or an amazed, imperfect person. Jer. Taylor.
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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. Nothing imperfect or deficient left Of all that he created. Milton.
Then say not man's imperfect, Heaven in fault; Say rather, man's as perfect as he ought. Pope.
Im*per"fect noun
Definitions
(Gram.) The imperfect tense; or the form of a verb denoting the imperfect tense.
Im*per"fect transitive verb
Definitions
To make imperfect. Obs.