imperfect
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3.5
- adjective
- /ɪmˈpɜrfɪkt/
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imperfecto
- And we're all imperfect, we're all flawed.
- imperfect information
- an imperfect democracy
- imperfect human nature
You are perfectly imperfect and it's OK.
- You are perfectly imperfect and it's OK.
- But if your model is imperfect, how can you plan?
- All of my works are incomplete and imperfect, but they're they're steps forward.
- As a result, the neural connections for that word are imperfect and incomplete.
- People who are willing to work hard to perfect this imperfect world that we inhabit.
- It has a tendency of making an imperfect decision work out just fine.
- And I think that, yeah, the guilty verdict under the current imperfect law had some grounds.
- We are paid to make quick decisions, sometimes with imperfect information available to us.
- What we need you to do is with imperfect information.
- We can know that our conviction is imperfect and that it's contingent.
- Well, I'm saying that computers are also imperfect in certain ways.
- I would start becoming paranoid that the categorization is imperfect like that.
Examples
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We are paid to make quick decisions, sometimes with imperfect information available to us.
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It sounds as if your husband is trying to make the best of an imperfect situation.
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But if your model is imperfect, how can you plan?
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And there are people that I know whose life is so imperfect and who are just fine.
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So while imperfect, it's not a bad showing by any means.
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But we are a real school, real people, and imperfect in our work.
Academic text (2013) -
- Each and every one of us is imperfect.
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"The world we live in is imperfect; there's little we can do to make it right."
Fiction book (1992) -
As a result, the neural connections for that word are imperfect and incomplete.
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Despite its flaws, the design is still considered an imperfect solution to the problem.
Synonyms
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3.7
Not perfect because of a mistake or problem
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3.9
Having a fault that makes something not work properly
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3.5
Not correct because it has mistakes, for example in an argument or plan
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
To talk about past actions that happened often or were still happening
How Perfect
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Imperfect comes from the Latin parts im- 'not' and perfect 'completed'. So imperfect literally means 'not finished', which is why we use it for things that have faults or are not fully complete.