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
Bluetooth often fails, maps don’t always show your actual position, the controls require precise touches (thus becoming distractions), and every imperfection in the road will come into the cabin.
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New Atlas, 7 Sep. 2025
July’s Swag rebuffed months of speculation about the artist’s mental well-being with admissions of imperfections and odes to romantic seclusion.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
Yet even these imperfections have a charm about them.
—Leila Latif, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2025
Instead, zellige tiles embrace imperfection to add character to a room.
—Patricia Shannon, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Sep. 2025
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New Atlas, 7 Sep. 2025
July’s Swag rebuffed months of speculation about the artist’s mental well-being with admissions of imperfections and odes to romantic seclusion.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
Yet even these imperfections have a charm about them.
—Leila Latif, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2025
Instead, zellige tiles embrace imperfection to add character to a room.
—Patricia Shannon, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for imperfection
Recent Examples of Synonyms for imperfection
Noun
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However, even high-quality 2D materials can have atomic defects, like missing sulfur or selenium atoms, which affect electrical behavior.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Sep. 2025
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American electric vehicle manufacturer Rivian is recalling more than 24,000 vehicles because of a defect with hands-free highway assist, federal safety regulators said.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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But that very week also gives evidence to how fragile the Faroes are; under these extreme weather conditions, scars in nature heal slowly, if ever.—
Mattias Goldmann,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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But the scars from that era are still very much present in society, and the son, Im Dong-hwan, represents the youth of today who are trying to come to terms with that generational complexity and its legacy.—
Patrick Brzeski,
HollywoodReporter,
9 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 17 Sep. 2025.
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