Adjective: imperfect im'pur-fikt or im'pur,fekt
- Not perfect; defective or inadequate
"drainage here is imperfect"; "had only an imperfect understanding of his responsibilities"; "imperfect mortals"
- Wanting in moral strength, courage, or will; having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings
"We are all imperfect creatures";
- fallible, frail, weak
- A tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going
"In 'I was reading', 'was reading' is in the imperfect tense";
- progressive, progressive tense, imperfect tense, continuous tense
Derived forms: imperfects
See also: blemished, broken, corrupt, corrupted, defective, faulty, flawed, flawlessness, human, imperfectible, irregular, ne plus ultra, perfection
Type of: tense
Antonym: perfect
Encyclopedia: Imperfect