imperfect

About 5.39 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Not perfect.
2. adjective Unisexual: having either male (with stamens) or female (with pistil) flowers, but not with both.
3. adjective Known or expected to be polyphyletic, as of a form taxon.
4. adjective Representing a continuing or repeated action.
5. adjective Lacking some elementary organ that is essential to successful or normal activity.
6. noun Something having a minor flaw.
7. noun A tense of verbs used in describing a past action that is incomplete or continuous.
8. verb To make imperfect.

Similar words

defective faulty fallible flawed weak corrupted frail broken corrupt blemished

Often followed by

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Word family

imperfectly imperfectness imperfectnesses imperfects