Other Words from imperfect

Adjective

imperfectly \ (ˌ)im-ˈpər-fik(t)-lē

\ adverb

imperfectness \ (ˌ)im-ˈpər-fik(t)-nəs

\ noun

Examples of imperfect in a Sentence

Adjective It's an imperfect solution to a difficult problem. He had an imperfect understanding of the task. In “He was singing when I came in,” “was singing” is in the imperfect tense.

Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective This unpredictability and imperfect reality is the true context that the eating and exercise plans have to survive within among us unhabiters. — Quora, Forbes, 13 May 2022 Approximate Value metric, an imperfect but useful measure of a player’s contribution to a team’s success. — New York Times, 28 Apr. 2022 The missing calls underscore something more endemic: the imperfect and antiquated system of tracking a president’s communications. — Ryan Nobles, CNN, 31 Mar. 2022 Cut a square or rectangular patch rather than an irregular shape attempting to match the dimensions and size of an imperfect hole. — Bradley Ford, Popular Mechanics, 2 May 2022 And needing to do all of this with imperfect and incomplete information was and still is, hard. — Corrinne Hess, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 29 Apr. 2022 Several Facebook-group administrators and members described to me the conundrum of relying on an imperfect platform to create strong, and for many people invaluable, communities. — Mansee Khurana, The Atlantic, 28 Apr. 2022 Her hair is pulled back into an imperfect ponytail and her eyes are brushed with dark shadow. — Washington Post, 26 Apr. 2022 In the case of Spell on You, my imperfect nose, only recently liberated from chronic allergies, catches a hint of Haribo peach that softens into a moody rose—practically begging for a hotel bathrobe. — Genevieve Fullan, Longreads, 12 Apr. 2022 Recent Examples on the Web: Noun Musically, the album is an imperfect yet revealing mosaic of Cabello’s Cuban-Mexican heritage–of growing up on cumbia, salsa, and mariachi, while embracing modern pop and experimental sounds. — Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 7 Apr. 2022 Her own transition experience convinced her that testosterone requirements are a necessary, if imperfect, way to preserve fair competition in elite women’s sports. — New York Times, 16 Feb. 2022 The National Coalition for the Homeless tracks violent hate crimes against homeless people using media reports and information from homeless advocates and service providers, an imperfect system that doesn’t capture all the incidents. — NBC News, 28 Jan. 2022 And second, its finding that harm is likely to result from these tools runs counter to the prevailing assumption that, even if imperfect, using such algorithms to inform risk is better than nothing. — Katie Palmer, STAT, 9 Apr. 2022 For those who argue that Google and Facebook algorithms are blunt, deeply flawed instruments for policing discourse, Rumble offers a welcome alternative, albeit an imperfect one. — New York Times, 28 Mar. 2022 Some might be recycled, but recycling is an imperfect option — recyclable items still end up in landfills. — Danielle Wiener-bronner, CNN, 15 Mar. 2022 But after the war ended in 1945, the victorious powers established a system of international organizations and laws that, while imperfect, have tended to clamp down on the most naked forms of aggression. — Politifact Staff, Detroit Free Press, 2 Mar. 2022 This explanation means the public health response to the pandemic, though obviously imperfect, was not about spiritual poverty or political radicalism. — Addison Del Mastro, The Week, 7 Oct. 2021 See More

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