imperfect

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ɪmˈpɝfɪkt/ UK /ɪmˈpɜːfɪkt/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
not perfect; flawed or incomplete

Even an imperfect plan was better than no plan at all.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · not perfect; flawed or... flawed defective faulty incomplete deficientblemished

Opposites

perfect flawless complete faultless

Word family

Derived forms imperfectly imperfectionimperfectness

Related forms perfect perfectionperfectible

Etymology

From Old French imparfait, from Latin imperfectus ('unfinished'), from in- ('not') + perfectus ('completed'), past participle of perficere ('to complete').

imperfectus Latin perficere Latin

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Describing Qualities

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# imperfect

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ɪmˈpɝfɪkt/
**IPA (UK):** /ɪmˈpɜːfɪkt/

## Meanings
1. not perfect; flawed or incomplete

## Examples
- Even an imperfect plan was better than no plan at all.

## Synonyms
- flawed
- defective
- faulty
- incomplete
- deficient
- blemished

## Antonyms
- perfect
- flawless
- complete
- faultless

## Derived Forms
- imperfectly
- imperfection
- imperfectness

## Related Forms
- perfect
- perfection
- perfectible

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: imperfectus
- Root: perficere

## Etymology
From Old French imparfait, from Latin imperfectus ('unfinished'), from in- ('not') + perfectus ('completed'), past participle of perficere ('to complete').

## AI Etymology
Imperfect comes from Old French imparfait, from Latin imperfectus ('unfinished'), from in- ('not') + perfectus ('completed'), past participle of perficere ('to complete'). The etymological trail includes Latin imperfectus and Latin perficere. As an adjective, imperfect means not perfect; flawed or incomplete. The same family is visible in derived forms such as imperfectly, imperfection, and imperfectness and related forms such as perfect, perfection, and perfectible. Morphologically, the word is built from the elements named in its history, so the modern form preserves a visible compound, prefix, or suffix structure.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities

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