imperfect
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
imperfect/ɪmˈpɜːfɪkt/
▶adjective
- 1 faulty or incomplete.
- 2 Grammar (of a tense) denoting a past action in progress but not completed at the time in question.
- 3 Music (of a cadence) ending on the dominant chord.
- 4 Law (of a gift, title, etc.) transferred without all the necessary conditions or requirements being met.
– derivatives
imperfection noun,
imperfectly adverb.
imperfection noun,
imperfectly adverb.
'imperfect' also found in these Oxford entries:
atelectasis
- defective
- freemartin
- half-pie
- historic
- idea
- imperfect rhyme
- irregular
- lallation
- malabsorption
- malocclusion
- shop-soiled
- vicious

