imperfect
Meaning of imperfect
adjective
- not perfect; faulty or incomplete.
an imperfect grasp of English
- (of a tense) denoting a past action in progress but not completed at the time in question.
- (of a cadence) ending on the dominant chord.
- (of a gift, title, etc.) transferred without all the necessary conditions or requirements being met.
noun
the imperfect tense.
Middle English imparfit, imperfet, from Old French imparfait, from Latin imperfectus, from in- ‘not’ + perfectus (see perfect). The spelling change in the 16th century was due to association with the Latin form.
Information about imperfect
- The plural form of imperfect is: imperfects.
- Languages in which imperfect is used:
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Hyphenation of imperfect
im-per-fect
- It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
- imperfect is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
imperfect synonyms
Meaning fallible:
Meaning progressive:
Meaning not working or made correctly; having defects:
Meaning having or characterized by a fundamental weakness or imperfection:
Meaning imperfect or faulty:
Meaning badly made or done:
Meaning not safe or robust; in poor condition:
Meaning not able to be sold:
Meaning not able to be sold, or very difficult to sell:
Meaning (of a thing) not of the necessary quality or standard to meet a particular purpose:
Meaning of low standard or quality:
Meaning below the usual or required standard:
Meaning inflict physical harm on (something) so as to impair its value, usefulness, or normal function:
Meaning weakened or damaged:
Meaning spoil the appearance or quality of (something):
Meaning (of a language) spoken falteringly and with many mistakes, as by a foreigner:
Meaning damaged and showing lines on the surface from having split without coming apart:
Meaning pull (something) apart or to pieces with force:
Meaning score or mark the surface of (something) with a sharp or pointed object:
Meaning (of a person or part of the body) not having the normal or natural shape or form; misshapen:
Meaning bent or twisted out of shape, typically as a result of the effects of heat or damp:
Meaning in poor condition through long use or lack of care:
Meaning not working or taking effect:
Meaning (of a piece of equipment or machinery) fail to function normally:
Meaning dirty, unpleasant, or of poor quality:
Meaning very poor or bad:
Meaning a flour pudding boiled or steamed in a cloth bag:
Meaning of poor quality:
Meaning very bad; worthless or useless:
Meaning not having all the necessary or appropriate parts:
Meaning (of a piece of writing) having been shortened:
Meaning existing only in part; incomplete:
Meaning not finished or concluded; incomplete:
Meaning insufficient or inadequate:
Meaning deficient or inadequate:
Meaning lacking in a required or necessary quality:
Meaning not having a polished surface:
Meaning not processed to remove impurities or unwanted elements:
Meaning existing or happening in small, isolated areas:
Meaning having an uneven or irregular surface; not smooth or level:
Meaning in a natural or raw state; not yet processed or refined:
Meaning lacking a coherent sequence or connection:
Meaning losing strength or momentum:
Meaning slow and hesitant, especially through lack of confidence; faltering:
Meaning tentative, unsure, or slow in acting or speaking:
Meaning involving or limited to basic principles:
Meaning restricted in size, amount, or extent; few, small, or short:
imperfect antonyms
Meaning having all the required or desirable elements, qualities, or characteristics; as good as it is possible to be:
Meaning having all the necessary or appropriate parts:
Meaning able to express oneself easily and articulately:
Words that rhyme with imperfect
defect, praefect, predefect, prefect, redefect, refect, subprefect, underprefect, affect, aftereffect, coeffect, countereffect, disaffect, effect, maleffect, misaffect, miseffect, overaffect, preaffect, preeffect, reaffect, suffect, confect, disinfect, enfect, infect, preinfect, redisinfect, reinfect, superinfect, counterfect, omniperfect, perfect, perperfect, pluperfect, plusquamperfect, preterimperfect, preterperfect, preterpluperfect, semiperfect, superperfect, ultraperfect, unperfect, wordperfect, transfect
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