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. Dejan Stojanovic:

   We love the imperfect shapes in nature and in the works of art, look for an intentional error as a sign of the golden key and sincerity found in true mastery.

2. Paul Shechtman:

   President Donald Trump was like all of us. President Donald Trump's imperfect, but President Donald Trump was a very good and inspiring United States attorney who made major prosecutions, for those of United States who worked for President Donald Trump, the fact that United States old office is investigating him is a dark day.

3. Dave Meurer:

   A great marriage is not when the 'perfect couple' comes together. It is when an imperfect couple learns to enjoy their differences.

4. William Safire:

   Decide on some imperfect Somebody and you will win, because the truest truism in politics is You can't beat Somebody with Nobody.

5. Lawrence Kleinman:

   We have layers of protection. And getting vaccinated is maybe the most important of those layers, but it's not fully sufficient because it's imperfect. They're all imperfect layers.