Imperfection definition

ĭmpər-fĕkshən
imperfections
See word origin
Frequency:
The quality or condition of being imperfect.
noun
3
1
Something imperfect; a defect or flaw.
noun
4
3
(uncountable) Those qualities or features that are imperfect; the characteristic, state, or quality of being imperfect.

You can accept your imperfection or try to improve.

noun
1
0
(countable) Something that makes something else less than perfect; a blemish, impurity, error, etc.

He loves me despite my imperfections.

noun
1
0
The definition of imperfection is a fault or blemish, or is the state of having a fault.

A tear in a painting or a stain on a sofa are examples of an imperfection.

noun
1
1
Advertisement
The quality or condition of being imperfect.
noun
1
1
A shortcoming; defect; fault; blemish.
noun
1
1

Other Word Forms

Noun

Singular:
imperfection
Plural:
imperfections

Origin of imperfection

  • From Old French imperfeccion. See im- +‎ perfection.

    From Wiktionary

Imperfection Sentence Examples

  • Coleridge, praising the genius in the book, blamed the metrical imperfection of it.

  • Here he analyses " abstract ideas," and instructively illustrates the confusion apt to be produced in them by the inevitable imperfection of words.

  • A slight imperfection is visible where the curve reverses under the word " Victoria " .

  • He affirms the meeting in Christ of the two absolutely opposite principles of human ignorance and imperfection, and divine omniscience and perfection.

  • That is to say, expansion is adiabatic and is continued down to the back pressure which in a non-condensing engine is 14.7 lb per square inch, since any back pressure above this amount is an imperfection which belongs to the actual engine.

More sentences

Related articles

Words near imperfection in the Dictionary