1. Not perfect; defective or inadequate
   "had only an imperfect understanding of his responsibilities"; "imperfect mortals"; "drainage here is imperfect" 
2. Wanting in moral strength, courage, or will; having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings
   - fallible, frail, weak

1. A tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going
   - progressive, progressive tense, imperfect tense, continuous tense

Derived forms: imperfects

See also: blemished, broken, corrupt, corrupted, defective, faulty, flawed, flawlessness, human, imperfectible, imperfectly, imperfectness, irregular, ne plus ultra, perfection

Type of: tense

Antonym: perfect

Encyclopedia: Imperfect

• in the altogether
• in the bargain
• in the beginning
• in the black
• in the buff
• in the dark
• in the end
• in the first place
• in the flesh
• in the lead
• in the least
• in the long run
• in the lurch
• in the main
• in the meantime
• in the midst
• in the nick of time
• in the public eye
• in the raw
• in the same breath
• in the south
• in the way
• in their right minds
• in theory
• in this