IMPERFECTNESS Synonyms: 27 Similar and Opposite Words

imperfectness

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as in imperfection

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Noun

As starlight streams through the telescope, those actuators subtly reshape the mirrors in real time, correcting for imperfections in the telescope's optics smaller than the width of a strand of DNA.

— Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 26 Aug. 2026
To Lucarelli, those imperfections only legitimize the challenge.

— Stephen J. Nesbitt, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of imperfection

Noun

His first incompleteness theorem states that there are necessarily unprovable statements in all sufficiently strong, contradiction-free systems.

— Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 26 May 2026
His first incompleteness theorem states that in every formal system of mathematics that is rich enough to express arithmetic, there will be propositions that are both true and unprovable.

— Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 18 May 2026

Definition of incompleteness

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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

Definition of unsoundness

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