as in defective
having a fault
an imperfect representation of the circumstances surrounding Paul Revere's famous ride
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Recent Examples of imperfect
Gibson is still an imperfect, if attention-grabbing, vehicle into a wider survey of why people, especially women, are so drawn to snake oil.
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Alison Herman, Variety, 6 Feb. 2025
One, though imperfect, was one of the last formal pathways to meeting with officials to request parole or asylum at the U.S. southern border.
—Whitney Eulich, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Feb. 2025
Measuring real estate loss from the fires is, at best, an imperfect exercise laden with assumptions about property value and the interpretation of data that was not collected for that purpose.
—Doug Smith, Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2025
The landing was visibly imperfect, but the judges declared otherwise.
—Caroline Price, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
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Alison Herman, Variety, 6 Feb. 2025
One, though imperfect, was one of the last formal pathways to meeting with officials to request parole or asylum at the U.S. southern border.
—Whitney Eulich, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Feb. 2025
Measuring real estate loss from the fires is, at best, an imperfect exercise laden with assumptions about property value and the interpretation of data that was not collected for that purpose.
—Doug Smith, Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2025
The landing was visibly imperfect, but the judges declared otherwise.
—Caroline Price, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for imperfect
Adjective
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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
Adjective
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Infinitely worse is Kenneth Marshall, the leader of the expedition and the wannabe conqueror of Niflheim.—
Justin Chang,
The New Yorker,
28 Feb. 2025
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The state of our budget and our debt is bad for the country and bad for working families.—
Charlotte Alter,
TIME,
28 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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At the time, the majority of council members followed the lead of Councilmember Raul Campillo, who represents Del Cerro and said the church’s application was legally flawed.—
Jennifer Van Grove,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
28 Feb. 2025
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In April last year, a Bucharest court said a trial could start and ultimately decided not to start it, claiming the indictment was flawed.—
Elsa Keslassy,
Variety,
27 Feb. 2025
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“Imperfect.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/imperfect. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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