unperfectnessn.

Brit.

/(ˌ)ʌnˈpəːfᵻk(t)nᵻs/, U.S.

/ˌənˈpərfək(t)nəs/

Forms: see un- prefix¹ and perfect adj., n., and adv. and -ness suffix.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; originally modelled on Latin lexical items. Etymons: un- prefix¹, perfect adj., -ness suffix.

Etymology: < un- prefix¹ + perfect adj. + -ness suffix, originally after post-classical Latin imperfectum (see imperfect adj. and n.) and imperfectio imperfection n. Compare later perfectness n., unperfect adj. Compare also imperfectness n., imperfection n., unperfection n.With the formal variation, compare the forms at perfect adj., and see discussion at that entry.

rare after 17th cent.

Imperfection.Much less common than imperfection even before 1700.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > imperfection > [noun]

unperfectnessc1350

imperfectnessa1382

imperfectiona1398

unfullmakinga1400

unperfectionc1400

failing1590

α.

c1350 Psalter (BL Add. 17376) in K. D. Bülbring Earliest Compl. Eng. Prose Psalter (1891) cxxxviii. 15 Þyn eȝen sen myn vnparfitnes [L. inperfectum meum viderunt oculi tui].

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 5 Art, sciens and lawe al were i-falle,..but þe mercy of God had i-ordyned vs of lettres in remedie of vnparfiȝtnesse [L. imperfectionis] of mankynde.

?c1400 (c1340) R. Rolle Psalter (Sidney Sussex) Cant. Ezek. 1 In vnperfitenes of werkis noght fulfilled.

c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 349 As he which ofte and miche synned, and as he which knewe his vnperfitnes.

a1568 R. Ascham Scholemaster (1570) ii. f. 59^v Cicero him selfe doth complaine of this vnperfitnes, but more plainly Quintilian.

1651 Bp. J. Hall Χειροθεσία 76 How utterly regardlesse are the children themselves of so much as a verball learning the principles of Religion,..to the shame of their ignorance or unperfitnesse.

β. 1539 R. Taverner Catechisme f. 35 By hys perfectnes oure vnperfectnesse maye be couered.1548 T. Cranmer Catechismus sig. Ffiv^v Althoughe he doth oftentimes ouercome sinne, yet this is a great vnperfectenes, y^t he dothe it not willingly.a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1954) VII. 63 If there had not been unbeliefe, weaknesse, unperfectnesse in that faith.1661 G. Rust Let. conc. Origen 72 Seeing what..was likely to be the lot of some of them from the necessary unperfectness of their Natures.1900 M. Kingsley Mem. in G. H. Kingsley Notes Sport & Trav. vii. 193 In the very unperfectness of that specimen.1996 Acoustical Imaging 22 693 The lack of agreement between the minima and maxima positions apparently demonstrate the unperfectness of the transducer edge region.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	unperfectness
释义	unperfectnessn. Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈpəːfᵻk(t)nᵻs/, U.S. /ˌənˈpərfək(t)nəs/ Forms: see un- prefix¹ and perfect adj., n., and adv. and -ness suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; originally modelled on Latin lexical items. Etymons: un- prefix¹, perfect adj., -ness suffix. Etymology: < un- prefix¹ + perfect adj. + -ness suffix, originally after post-classical Latin imperfectum (see imperfect adj. and n.) and imperfectio imperfection n. Compare later perfectness n., unperfect adj. Compare also imperfectness n., imperfection n., unperfection n.With the formal variation, compare the forms at perfect adj., and see discussion at that entry. rare after 17th cent. Imperfection.Much less common than imperfection even before 1700. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > imperfection > [noun] unperfectnessc1350 imperfectnessa1382 imperfectiona1398 unfullmakinga1400 unperfectionc1400 failing1590 α. c1350 Psalter (BL Add. 17376) in K. D. Bülbring Earliest Compl. Eng. Prose Psalter (1891) cxxxviii. 15 Þyn eȝen sen myn vnparfitnes [L. inperfectum meum viderunt oculi tui]. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 5 Art, sciens and lawe al were i-falle,..but þe mercy of God had i-ordyned vs of lettres in remedie of vnparfiȝtnesse [L. imperfectionis] of mankynde. ?c1400 (c1340) R. Rolle Psalter (Sidney Sussex) Cant. Ezek. 1 In vnperfitenes of werkis noght fulfilled. c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 349 As he which ofte and miche synned, and as he which knewe his vnperfitnes. a1568 R. Ascham Scholemaster (1570) ii. f. 59^v Cicero him selfe doth complaine of this vnperfitnes, but more plainly Quintilian. 1651 Bp. J. Hall Χειροθεσία 76 How utterly regardlesse are the children themselves of so much as a verball learning the principles of Religion,..to the shame of their ignorance or unperfitnesse. β. 1539 R. Taverner Catechisme f. 35 By hys perfectnes oure vnperfectnesse maye be couered.1548 T. Cranmer Catechismus sig. Ffiv^v Althoughe he doth oftentimes ouercome sinne, yet this is a great vnperfectenes, y^t he dothe it not willingly.a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1954) VII. 63 If there had not been unbeliefe, weaknesse, unperfectnesse in that faith.1661 G. Rust Let. conc. Origen 72 Seeing what..was likely to be the lot of some of them from the necessary unperfectness of their Natures.1900 M. Kingsley Mem. in G. H. Kingsley Notes Sport & Trav. vii. 193 In the very unperfectness of that specimen.1996 Acoustical Imaging 22 693 The lack of agreement between the minima and maxima positions apparently demonstrate the unperfectness of the transducer edge region. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.c1350
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