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Imperfect Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Imperfect? [n] a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going [adj] having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings; "I'm only human"; "frail humanity" [adj] not perfect; defective or inadequate; "had only an imperfect understanding of his responsibilities"; "imperfect mortals"; "drainage here is imperfect" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Imperfect: blemished \| broken \| continuous tense \| corrupt \| corrupted \| defective \| fallible \| faulty \| flawed \| frail \| human \| imperfect tense \| progressive \| progressive tense \| weak Related Terms \| Find terms related to Imperfect: adulterated \| aggravated \| amiss \| aorist \| base \| blemished \| broken \| burned \| burst \| busted \| checked \| chipped \| cracked \| crazed \| cut \| damaged \| defective \| deficient \| deteriorated \| durative \| embittered \| erroneous \| exacerbated \| failing \| fallible \| faulty \| flawed \| found wanting \| future \| future perfect \| harmed \| historical present \| hurt \| immature \| impaired \| imprecise \| impure \| in bits \| in pieces \| in shards \| inaccurate \| inadequate \| incompetent \| incomplete \| inexact \| injured \| insufficient \| irritated \| lacerated \| lacking \| little \| makeshift \| maladroit \| mangled \| mean \| mediocre \| mixed \| mutilated \| not comparable \| not enough \| not in it \| not perfect \| off \| out of it \| partial \| past \| past perfect \| patchy \| perfect \| petty \| pluperfect \| point tense \| present \| present perfect \| preterit \| progressive tense \| rent \| ruptured \| scalded \| scorched \| shabby \| shattered \| short \| sick \| sketchy \| slashed \| slit \| small \| smashed \| split \| sprung \| tense \| the worse for \| too little \| torn \| trivial \| undeveloped \| unequal to \| uneven \| unfinished \| unperfected \| unqualified \| unsatisfactory \| unsatisfying \| unskillful \| unsound \| unsufficing \| unthorough \| wanting \| weakened \| worse \| worse off \| worsened See Also \| future progressive \| future progressive tense \| past progressive \| past progressive tense \| present progressive \| present progressive tense \| tense Imperfect In Webster's Dictionary \Imper"fect\, a. [L. imperfectus: pref. im- not + perfectus perfect: cf. F imparfait, whence OE. imparfit. See {Perfect}.] 1. 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. 2. 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. 3. 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. {Imperfect arch}, an arch of less than a semicircle; a skew arch. {Imperfect cadence} (Mus.), one not ending with the tonic, but with the dominant or some other chord; one not giving complete rest; a half close. {Imperfect consonances} (Mus.), chords like the third and sixth, whose ratios are less simple than those of the fifth and forth. {Imperfect flower} (Bot.), a flower wanting either stamens or pistils. --Gray. {Imperfect interval} (Mus.), one a semitone less than perfect; as, an imperfect fifth. {Imperfect number} (Math.), a number either greater or less than the sum of its several divisors; in the former case, it is called also a {defective number}; in the latter, an {abundant number}. {Imperfect obligations} (Law), obligations as of charity or gratitude, which cannot be enforced by law. {Imperfect power} (Math.), a number which can not be produced by taking any whole number or vulgar fraction, as a factor, the number of times indicated by the power; thus, 9 is a perfect square, but an imperfect cube. {Imperfect tense} (Gram), a tense expressing past time and incomplete action. \Imper"fect\, n. (Gram.) The imperfect tense; or the form of a verb denoting the imperfect tense. \Im*per"fect\, v. t. To make imperfect. [Obs.]

Imperfect Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Imperfect?

[n] a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going
[adj] having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings; "I'm only human"; "frail humanity"
[adj] not perfect; defective or inadequate; "had only an imperfect understanding of his responsibilities"; "imperfect mortals"; "drainage here is imperfect"

Imperfect In Webster's Dictionary

\Im*per"fect\, a. [L. imperfectus: pref. im- not +
perfectus perfect: cf. F imparfait, whence OE. imparfit. See
{Perfect}.]
1. 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.

2. 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.

3. 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.

{Imperfect arch}, an arch of less than a semicircle; a skew
   arch.

{Imperfect cadence} (Mus.), one not ending with the tonic,
   but with the dominant or some other chord; one not giving
   complete rest; a half close.

{Imperfect consonances} (Mus.), chords like the third and
   sixth, whose ratios are less simple than those of the
   fifth and forth.

{Imperfect flower} (Bot.), a flower wanting either stamens or
   pistils. --Gray.

{Imperfect interval} (Mus.), one a semitone less than
   perfect; as, an imperfect fifth.

{Imperfect number} (Math.), a number either greater or less
   than the sum of its several divisors; in the former case,
   it is called also a {defective number}; in the latter, an
   {abundant number}.

{Imperfect obligations} (Law), obligations as of charity or
   gratitude, which cannot be enforced by law.

{Imperfect power} (Math.), a number which can not be produced
   by taking any whole number or vulgar fraction, as a
   factor, the number of times indicated by the power; thus,
   9 is a perfect square, but an imperfect cube.

{Imperfect tense}
   (Gram), a tense expressing past time and incomplete
          action.


\Im*per"fect\, n. (Gram.)
The imperfect tense; or the form of a verb denoting the
imperfect tense.


\Im*per"fect\, v. t.
To make imperfect. [Obs.]

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