imperfect

1. 1.

   not perfect; defective or inadequate

   “had only an imperfect understanding of his responsibilities”

   “imperfect mortals”

   “drainage here is imperfect”

   Antonymsperfect

   Similarblemishedbrokencorruptdefectiveimperfectibleirregular
2. 2.

   wanting in moral strength, courage, or will; having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings

   “I'm only a fallible human”

   “frail humanity”

   Synonymsfalliblefrailweak

   Similarhuman

1. 1.

   a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going

   Synonymsprogressiveprogressive tenseimperfect tensecontinuous tense

   Broadertense

   Narrowerpresent progressivepast progressivefuture progressive

Other forms of imperfect

plural

imperfects·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about imperfect

What does imperfect mean?

imperfect means "not perfect; defective or inadequate". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in imperfect?

imperfect has 3 syllables: im-per-fect. The stress falls on "per". In IPA it is /ˌɪmˈpɝfɪkt/.

What is another word for imperfect?

Close synonyms include fallible, frail, weak, progressive, progressive tense. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of imperfect?

The recorded antonyms are perfect.

Is imperfect a common word?

imperfect is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.