imperfect /im-pûrˈfikt/

1. Incomplete, deficient
2. Defective, faulty
3. Falling short of perfection
4. Lacking any normal part, or the full normal number of parts
5. Lacking some necessary sanction, formality, etc and therefore incapable of being legally enforced (law)
6. Expressing continued or habitual action in past time (grammar)
7. Of or relating to the intervals of the third and sixth (music)
8. (in mensural notation) a note value containing two of the next lower note values (music)

1. The imperfect tense
2. A verb in the imperfect tense

imperfectibilˈity noun

imperfectˈible adjective

imperfection /-fekˈshən/ noun

1. The state of being imperfect
2. A defect

imperfecˈtive adjective (grammar)

Denoting the aspect of the verb which indicates that the action described is in progress

The imperfective aspect, or a verb in this aspect

imperfecˈtively adverb (grammar)

imperˈfectly adverb

imperˈfectness noun

imperfect cadence noun (music)

A cadence which is not resolved to the tonic key, esp one passing from tonic to dominant chord

imperfect competition noun (economics)

The market condition that exists between the extremes of perfect competition and absolute monopoly

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