imperfect
/ɪmˈpɜrfɪkt/
adjective
- Not perfect; having faults, mistakes, or flaws.
- She accepted her imperfect handwriting and focused on the content of her essay.
- No relationship is perfect; everyone has to learn to love an imperfect partner.
- The painting was beautiful, though it had an imperfect brushstroke near the corner.
- Incomplete or not fully finished.
- The archaeologist found an imperfect skeleton, missing several small bones.
- The plan was imperfect because we hadn't considered the weather conditions.
- His knowledge of Spanish was imperfect, so he often mixed up verb tenses.
- Relating to a verb tense that describes a past action that was ongoing or habitual (in grammar).
- She explained that the imperfect tense shows an action that continued in the past.
- In French class, we learned how to form the imperfect tense for regular verbs.
- The sentence 'I was walking to school' uses the imperfect aspect in English.
Synonyms
noun
- Something that is not perfect; a flaw or defect.
- The vase had an imperfect near the rim, but it still looked lovely on the shelf.
- The jeweler pointed out a tiny imperfect in the diamond, which lowered its value.
- He learned to see every imperfect as a chance to improve his craft.
- The imperfect tense in grammar.
- In Latin, the imperfect is used for ongoing actions in the past.
- We practiced using the imperfect to describe past routines in our Spanish homework.
- The teacher asked us to write five sentences in the imperfect.