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imperfectness|ɪmˈpɜːfɪktnɪs|
[f. as prec. + -ness.]
The quality or state of being imperfect; imperfection.
1382Wyclif Ecclus. xxxviii. 31 And his waking shal enourne the inparfitnesse. c1400Mandeville (Roxb.) xv. 70 Me thoȝt grete schame þat Sarzenes..schuld þus reproue vs of oure inperfiteness. 1590Greenwood Answ. Def. Read Prayers 9 If therbe allwaies spottes and imperfectnes in the true Church vpon earth. 1747J. Lind Lett. Navy i. (1757) 11 The integrity of the intention, will..attone..for the imperfectness of the performance. 1853Ruskin Stones Ven. II. vi, I have only dwelt upon the rudeness of Gothic, or any other kind of imperfectness, as admirable, where it was impossible to get design or thought without it. |