Imperfect synonyms

ĭm-pûr'fĭkt

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damaged (related)
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flawed
Having a flaw
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defective
(Grammar) Lacking one or more of the inflected forms normal for a particular category of word, as the verb may in English.
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impaired
Disabled; handicapped
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contingent
(Logic) True only under certain conditions or in certain contexts; not always or necessarily true
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blemished
Having blemishes; flawed.
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deficient
Lacking an essential quality or element:
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dilapidated
Having fallen into a state of disrepair or deterioration, especially through neglect
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fallible
Capable of making a mistake or being deceived
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faulty
Containing a fault or defect; imperfect or defective.
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frail
Slender and delicate; not robust; weak
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ill
Unpropitious, unkind, faulty, not up to reasonable standard.
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imperfective
Of or relating to the imperfective aspect
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inadequate
Not adequate; unequal to the purpose; insufficient; deficient; as, inadequate resources, power, conceptions, representations, etc.
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inchoate
(Law) Not yet completed or made effective; pending
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inchoative
(Grammar) Aspectually indicating that an action is soon to begin.
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incomplete
Not complete; not filled up; not finished; not having all its parts, or not having them all adjusted; imperfect; defective.
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lacking
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potential
(Physics) A potential field is an irrotational (static) field.
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blemish
A small flaw which spoils the appearance of something, a stain, a spot.
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discard
One that is discarded or rejected.
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fault
(Mining) In coal seams, coal rendered worthless by impurities in the seam.
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imperfection
Something imperfect; a defect or flaw.
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reject
A rejected thing or person
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perfect (antonym)
In a condition of complete excellence, as in skill or quantity; faultless; most excellent; sometimes used comparatively
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unflawed (antonym)
Not flawed.
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unblemished (antonym)
Lacking blemishes or faults:
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pure (antonym)
Free from defects; perfect; faultless
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faultless (antonym)
Without fault; free from defect or error.
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excellent (antonym)
Outstandingly good of its kind; of exceptional merit, virtue, etc.
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finished (antonym)
(Comparable) Processed or perfected.
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better (related)
Healthier or more fit than before:
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weak
Lacking in vigour or expression.
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progressive
Progressive is someone who advocates for reform and change.
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progressive-tense
a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going
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imperfect-tense
(Grammar) A tense used to describe a past action that is ongoing, incomplete or continuous, or coincident with another action.
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continuous tense
a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going
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illusory (related)
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imprecise (related)
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ambiguous (related)
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unchangeable (related)
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unknowable (related)
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abortive
Abortive is defined as something that did not develop properly.
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errable
Liable to error; fallible.
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rudimentary
Basic; minimal; with less than, or only the minimum, necessary.
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short
Containing a large amount of shortening; flaky:
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suboptimal
Being less than optimal
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substandard
(Linguistics) Of, relating to, or indicating a pattern of linguistic usage that does not conform to that of the prestige group in a speech community or to that of the standard language.
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unfinished
Not finished; not completed or perfected; incomplete
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wanting
Not measuring up to standards or expectations:
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Imperfect Sentence Examples

  • Communications are still very imperfect, but have been greatly improved of late years.

  • Even an exceptional salesperson has an imperfect memory.

  • But obviously in either the octave or the fifth, if the tuning is imperfect, beats occur all along the line wherever the tones should coincide with perfect tuning.

  • Donaldson, The Apostolical Fathers (1874), which, however, suffers from the imperfect state of the texts when he wrote.

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