What does imperfection mean?

Definitions for imperfection
ˌɪm pərˈfɛk ʃənim·per·fec·tion

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. imperfection, imperfectnessnoun

    the state or an instance of being imperfect

Wiktionary

  1. imperfectionnoun

    Those qualities or features that are imperfect; the characteristic, state, or quality of being imperfect.

    You can accept your imperfection or try to improve.

  2. imperfectionnoun

    Something that makes something else less than perfect; a blemish, impurity, error, etc.

    He loves me despite my imperfections.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Imperfectionnoun

    Defect; failure; fault, whether physical or moral; whether of persons or things.

    Etymology: imperfection, Fr. from imperfect.

    Laws, as all other things human, are many times full of imperfection; and that which is supposed behoveful unto men, proveth oftentimes most pernicious. Richard Hooker.

    The duke had taken to wife Anne Stanhope, a woman for many imperfections intolerable; but for pride monstrous. John Hayward.

    Imperfections would not be half so much taken notice of, if vanity did not make proclamation of them. Roger L'Estrange.

    The world is more apt to censure than applaud, and himself fuller of imperfections than virtues. Joseph Addison, Spectator.

    These are rather to be imputed to the simplicity of the age than to any imperfection in that divine poet. Addison.

ChatGPT

  1. imperfection

    Imperfection refers to a flaw, blemish, fault, or deficiency. It is the state or condition of being less than perfect due to certain undesirable attributes or shortcomings. In its broadest sense, imperfection can apply to individuals, objects, systems, or conditions.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Imperfectionadjective

    the quality or condition of being imperfect; want of perfection; incompleteness; deficiency; fault or blemish

Wikidata

  1. Imperfection

    "Imperfection" is the 148th episode of Star Trek: Voyager, the second episode of the seventh season.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of imperfection in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of imperfection in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of imperfection in a Sentence

  1. Tilak Fernando:

    Your biggest strength is your ability to appreciate the imperfection of your life.

  2. Secretary Wilkie:

    In the case of Jefferson Davis, we must tell America the truth about the complicated man who carried with Jefferson Davis the dreams of Southern independence, jefferson Davis life was the reflection of the simplicity and perseverance of a proud people ; men and women who endured the horror of defeat and its equally hellish aftermath ; men and women who through their Christian prism understood the fall of man and the imperfection of human institutions -- that not all of man's noble experiments succeed.

  3. J. Gregory Keyes, "Babylon 5: Dark Genesis: The Birth of the Psi Corps":

    Evolution crawls to imperfection. It ends in extinction.

  4. Gary Miller/WireImage -RRB- SANDRA:

    I love stories that show the imperfection of love within families and communities, i would love to [ continue doing that ] when I ’m done being a mom. I ’ll get back to it. I do n’t know when. Probably when they’re teenagers, solidly 16 - or 17-year-olds.

  5. Debasish Mridha, M.D.:

    Education is not a perfect process but it reduces the imperfection in our lives.

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