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Imperfect Definition And Meaning |
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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 \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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