Synonyms for imperfect
ɪmˈpɜr fɪktim·per·fect

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1. imperfectadjective

   Synonyms:
   defective

2. imperfectadjective

   Not perfect

   Synonyms:
   defective

   Antonyms:
   perfect

3. imperfectadjective

   unisexual: having either male (with stamens) or female (with pistil) flowers, but not with both.

   Synonyms:
   defective

   Antonyms:
   perfect

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1. imperfect

   Synonyms:
   bad, blemished, corrupt, corrupted, defaced, defective, deficient, deformed, fallible, faulty, incomplete, inferior, insufficient, marred, meager, perverted, poor, ruined, scant, short, spoiled, worthless

   Antonyms:
   absolute, accurate, blameless, complete, completed, consummate, correct, entire, faultless, finished, holy, ideal, immaculate, perfect, sinless, spotless, stainless, unblemished, undefiled

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1. progressive, progressive tense, imperfect, imperfect tense, continuous tenseadjective

   a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going

   Synonyms:
   liberal, progressive, liberalist, imperfect tense, progressive tense, continuous tense

   Antonyms:
   unflawed, immaculate, idealized, errorless, cold, consummate, complete, uncorrupted, flawless, pluperfect, impeccable, perfectible, clean, down pat(p), undefiled, idyllic, clear, faultless, nonhuman, idealised, mastered, ideal, mint(a), down, perfect

2. imperfectadjective

   not perfect; defective or inadequate

   "had only an imperfect understanding of his responsibilities"; "imperfect mortals"; "drainage here is imperfect"

   Synonyms:
   fallible, frail, weak

   Antonyms:
   clear, flawless, errorless, ideal, mastered, idealised, immaculate, mint(a), idealized, faultless, pluperfect, nonhuman, clean, consummate, down pat(p), cold, perfectible, down, impeccable, undefiled, complete, perfect, unflawed, idyllic, uncorrupted

3. fallible, frail, imperfect, weakadjective

   wanting in moral strength, courage, or will; having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings

   "I'm only a fallible human"; "frail humanity"

   Synonyms:
   weak, watery, infirm, unaccented, weakly, rickety, debile, delicate, sapless, frail, washy, faint, decrepit, light, fallible, feeble, fragile

   Antonyms:
   idealised, pluperfect, perfect, idealized, flawless, nonhuman, down pat(p), uncorrupted, undefiled, down, mint(a), idyllic, mastered, clear, errorless, consummate, clean, cold, faultless, impeccable, perfectible, unflawed, ideal, immaculate, complete

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1. slightly damaged

   the opposite of perfect ; to have fault

   Submitted by acronimous on June 6, 2014  

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1. imperfectadjective

   Synonyms:
   defective, incomplete, faulty, not entire

2. imperfectadjective

   Synonyms:
   weak, frail, erring

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1. imperfectadjective

   Synonyms:
   defective, faulty, deficient, undeveloped, abortive, fallible, frail, errable

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1. List of paraphrases for "imperfect":

   flawed, incomplete, inchoate, perfect

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1. Jack Markell:

   The use of capital punishment is an instrument of imperfect justice that doesn't make us any safer, it is my hope that today's decision will mean that we never see another death sentence in our state.

2. Joseph Priestly:

   In completing one discovery we never fail to get an imperfect knowledge of others of which we could have no idea before, so that we cannot solve one doubt without creating several new ones.

3. Zaman Ali:

   Every political mean is imperfect.”

4. Jon Meacham:

   He was our shield in danger's hour, an imperfect man, he left us a more perfect union.

5. Oveta Fuller:

   Let me remind us that we didn't get to understand influenza in two years. It's taken years to get to a uniform -- somewhat still imperfect but also useful -- process for what we do with flu, we need to remind ourselves and step back that we are very new in this pandemic, and we don't have the answers.