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
This is about anxious characters with broken hearts, about strangers reaching out to each other, about loss and imperfect love.
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The Know, Denver Post, 8 Mar. 2026
To refuse to change yourself, to embrace your imperfect smile or your natural hair texture, was sedition, and it would not be tolerated.
—Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 6 Mar. 2026
Bad actors could exploit imperfect systems to discredit real evidence.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 5 Mar. 2026
The judicial process is imperfect, like every human endeavor.
—Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 5 Mar. 2026
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The Know, Denver Post, 8 Mar. 2026
To refuse to change yourself, to embrace your imperfect smile or your natural hair texture, was sedition, and it would not be tolerated.
—Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 6 Mar. 2026
Bad actors could exploit imperfect systems to discredit real evidence.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 5 Mar. 2026
The judicial process is imperfect, like every human endeavor.
—Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 5 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for imperfect
Recent Examples of Synonyms for imperfect
Adjective
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Weakening contingency representation will lead to unchecked wrongdoing, unsafe workplaces, defective products, and discrimination without accountability.—
Ben Crump,
New York Daily News,
3 Mar. 2026
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There was also a Malick Thiaw blunder from which Beto should have scored — the ball may have gone out of play — that typified Newcastle’s generally defective defending.—
Chris Waugh,
New York Times,
2 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Nobody paid much attention to weather forecasts because winter days were usually the same and, if different, just worse.—
Bradley Gitz,
Arkansas Online,
16 Mar. 2026
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Jokic eagerly took advantage of bad transition defense, looking for long outlet passes to Braun and Bruce Brown.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
15 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Brother keeps trying to push for more expensive places that are beyond our budget, divide bills in really bizarre unequal ways that are obviously flawed, and seems resistant to coming up with rules around cleaning or chores.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Denver Post,
14 Mar. 2026
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But Rahal said the plaintiffs’ testing was flawed.—
Natalie Bennett,
NBC news,
13 Mar. 2026
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“Imperfect.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/imperfect. Accessed 17 Mar. 2026.
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