imperfectness

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Noun
  • Remember, genuine silver coins are crafted with precision and won’t have noticeable imperfections.
    Amy DeYoung, USA Today, 4 May 2026
  • But something might happen in that mistake and in the imperfection.
    Emmanuel Iduma, ARTnews.com, 4 May 2026
Noun
  • Your proof rests on two famous sets of premises—Gödel’s incompleteness theorems, which found that every mathematical system will have statements that can never be proven, and Turing’s undecidability result for the halting problem, which found that some problems are inherently unsolvable.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 4 May 2026
  • This structural incompleteness proves the Lystrosaurus was still in a pre-hatching developmental stage.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 9 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Based on Alaïa Jade’s public reputation and the structural unsoundness of the bell tower, Smullen thinks an accidental death is likely.
    Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 21 Nov. 2025
  • In looking back at the history of Emtech, the colt who suffered a catastrophic breakdown in Saturday’s eighth race, it was discovered that he was once placed on the Veterinarian’s List because of unsoundness.
    John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2019
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“Imperfectness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/imperfectness. Accessed 11 May. 2026.

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