What is another word for imperfect?
Synonyms for imperfect
ɪmˈpɜr fɪktim·per·fect
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Wiktionary
English Synonyms and Antonyms
imperfect
Synonyms:
bad, blemished, corrupt, corrupted, defaced, defective, deficient, deformed, fallible, faulty, incomplete, inferior, insufficient, marred, meager, perverted, poor, ruined, scant, short, spoiled, worthlessAntonyms:
absolute, accurate, blameless, complete, completed, consummate, correct, entire, faultless, finished, holy, ideal, immaculate, perfect, sinless, spotless, stainless, unblemished, undefiled
Princeton's WordNet
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 tenseAntonyms:
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, perfectimperfectadjective
not perfect; defective or inadequate
"had only an imperfect understanding of his responsibilities"; "imperfect mortals"; "drainage here is imperfect"
Synonyms:
fallible, frail, weakAntonyms:
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, uncorruptedfallible, 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, fragileAntonyms:
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
Editors Contribution
slightly damaged
the opposite of perfect ; to have fault
Submitted by acronimous on June 6, 2014
Dictionary of English Synonymes
imperfectadjective
Synonyms:
defective, incomplete, faulty, not entireimperfectadjective
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
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List of paraphrases for "imperfect":
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#613 | light | |
#746 | short | |
#841 | bad | |
#1356 | perfect | |
#1711 | poor | |
#4110 | liberal | |
#4436 | progressive | |
#4981 | weak | |
#8060 | incomplete | |
#10242 | insufficient | |
#11273 | defective | |
#11658 | delicate | |
#11969 | corrupt | |
#14236 | fragile | |
#15135 | faint | |
#15200 | inferior | |
#16930 | faulty | |
#17142 | deficient | |
#17335 | flawed | |
#17868 | corrupted | |
#18218 | ruined | |
#20769 | worthless | |
#21090 | imperfect | |
#21584 | spoiled | |
#21801 | weakly | |
#28175 | perverted | |
#30944 | deformed | |
#31313 | feeble | |
#32523 | frail | |
#34653 | watery | |
#37666 | scant | |
#42006 | marred | |
#42060 | meager | |
#53689 | defaced | |
#58852 | infirm | |
#70794 | decrepit | |
#80235 | fallible | |
#81924 | rickety | |
#94903 | washy | |
#111694 | blemished | |
#115087 | inchoate | |
#232264 | unaccented | |
#271548 | debile |
How to use imperfect in a sentence?
The real questions for parents should be: ‘Are you engaged? Are you paying attention?’ If so, plan to make lots of mistakes and bad decisions. Imperfect parenting moments turn into gifts as our children watch us try to figure out what went wrong and how we can do better next time. The mandate is not to be perfect and raise happy children. Perfection doesn’t exist, and I’ve found what makes children happy doesn’t always prepare them to be courageous, engaged adults.
Any parliament should be like a mirror, so when (the population) looks into it, they see themselves reflected, and at the moment the mirror chosen in 2012 is an imperfect mirror.
Our human laws are more or less imperfect copies of the external laws as we see them.
Given all the limitations of existing tools, legislation would be a far more appropriate tool to deal with the issue than trying to use an imperfect tool box.
The abnormal stock market volatility has revealed an immature market, inexperienced investors, an imperfect trading system, and inappropriate supervision mechanisms.
Translations for imperfect
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- ناقص-غير كاملArabic
- imperfecte, imperfetCatalan, Valencian
- nedokonalýCzech
- ατελής, ελαττωματικός, παρατατικός, πλημμελής, ελλιπήςGreek
- imperfectoSpanish
- ناقصPersian
- epätäydellinen, imperfekti, sekunda, vajavainenFinnish
- imparfaitFrench
- imperfectoGalician
- tökéletlenHungarian
- imperfettoItalian
- 不完全Japanese
- nawe, takarepaMāori
- onvoltooid verleden tijdDutch
- imperfeitoPortuguese
- imperfectRomanian
- несовершенныйRussian
- imperfektSwedish
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