as in defect
something that spoils the appearance or completeness of a thing
the shirt was marked down because of a minor imperfection
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Recent Examples of imperfection
All these imperfections play to the delight of social media users.
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Ramishah Maruf, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2025
Washington and Beijing must therefore maintain realistic expectations and tolerance for imperfection.
—Shuxian Luo, Foreign Affairs, 21 Aug. 2025
These imperfections are due to gravity driving changes in how the semimetals within the crystal settle and form.
—Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 20 Aug. 2025
If professors or software tools look for tone uniformity or overconfidence as signs of AI authorship, a student could bypass those markers simply by prompting ChatGPT to mimic the imperfections of human writing.
—Chris Reed, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for imperfection
Ramishah Maruf, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2025
Washington and Beijing must therefore maintain realistic expectations and tolerance for imperfection.
—Shuxian Luo, Foreign Affairs, 21 Aug. 2025
These imperfections are due to gravity driving changes in how the semimetals within the crystal settle and form.
—Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 20 Aug. 2025
If professors or software tools look for tone uniformity or overconfidence as signs of AI authorship, a student could bypass those markers simply by prompting ChatGPT to mimic the imperfections of human writing.
—Chris Reed, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for imperfection
Noun
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When tested in rats with cranial bone defects, the results were striking.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Sep. 2025
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The researchers concluded that a higher body mass index (BMI) is the main factor linked to these defects in the knees.—
Angelica Stabile,
FOXNews.com,
7 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Areas in steep terrain located in previous fire scars continue to show resistance to containment and provide limited access for crews.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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Exosomes are already being applied in aesthetics for skin rejuvenation, scar reduction, and hair restoration.—
Stephan Rabimov,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Gopher snakes tend to be tan-colored with large square brown blotches or saddles along their backs and smaller gray spots on their sides.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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The baby was purple-gray-colored, in blotches; wet, smeared in blood and what looked like whitish wax.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 July 2025
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“Imperfection.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/imperfection. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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