as in defective
having a fault
an imperfect representation of the circumstances surrounding Paul Revere's famous ride
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Kansas City will bring its perfect record and its seemingly imperfect path into a prime time matchup against Tampa Bay on Monday night, when the NFL concludes Week 9.
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Jack Magruder, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
Caveat: Plenty of kids younger than 5 and older than 14 go trick-or-treating, but this is the least imperfect way to slice the census data for our purposes.
Check out a map of all of the trick-or-treating hotspots around the U.S.
—Zachery Eanes, Axios, 31 Oct. 2024
Lessons for Americans from Germany’s imperfect experiment.
—Rachel M. Cohen, Vox, 30 Oct. 2024
Poltergeist's true-to-life portrayal of an everyday, imperfect family such as the Freelings makes the haunted house trope within a contemporary home setting all the more effective.
—Katie Rife, EW.com, 29 Oct. 2024
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Jack Magruder, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
Caveat: Plenty of kids younger than 5 and older than 14 go trick-or-treating, but this is the least imperfect way to slice the census data for our purposes.
Check out a map of all of the trick-or-treating hotspots around the U.S.
—Zachery Eanes, Axios, 31 Oct. 2024
Lessons for Americans from Germany’s imperfect experiment.
—Rachel M. Cohen, Vox, 30 Oct. 2024
Poltergeist's true-to-life portrayal of an everyday, imperfect family such as the Freelings makes the haunted house trope within a contemporary home setting all the more effective.
—Katie Rife, EW.com, 29 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for imperfect
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In a statement to Digital Trends, LG said the LED TVs, which weigh up to 101.2 pounds with stands, aren't defective on their own.Scharon Harding, Ars Technica, 13 Jan. 2023
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Jurors in Gwinnett County, northeast of Atlanta, returned the verdict in the years-long civil case involving what the plaintiffs’ lawyers called dangerously defective roofs on Ford pickup trucks, lawyer James Butler Jr. said.Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 22 Aug. 2022
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Zach Wilson’s younger brother settled in as the game progressed, but then threw a bad INT in the fourth to end Utah’s comeback attempt.Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, 16 Nov. 2024
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Dilettante listing brokers can also cost sellers with bad marketing, weird staging, and a lack of responsiveness.Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 14 Nov. 2024
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However, an investigation by the Associated Press found that the film was based on flawed and improper analysis of cell phone location data.Dhruv Mehrotra, WIRED, 5 Nov. 2024
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The exchange touches on an ongoing debate regarding the playoff format that Hamlin argues is flawed.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Imperfect.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/imperfect. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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