imperfection

[im-per-fek-shuhn]

noun

1. an imperfect detail; flaw.

   a law full of imperfections.

2. the quality or condition of being imperfect.

imperfection

/ ˌɪmpəˈfɛkʃən /

noun

1. the condition or quality of being imperfect

2. a fault or defect

Word History and Origins

Origin of imperfection¹

1350–1400; Middle English imperfeccio ( u ) n < Late Latin imperfectiōn- (stem of imperfectiō ) incompleteness. See im- ², perfection

Example Sentences

NV centers are microscopic imperfections in the diamond structure that can act like quantum "light switches."

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Cinema is not a video game populated by avatars; it is a medium of imagination grounded in human imperfection.

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The journey to accepting those imperfections was rough: There's a second, more distressing, reason that Crookes' second album took so long.

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Or, as Long put it, “embracing the rare imperfections and impermanence of it all.”

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The author knows a thing or two about life's imperfections herself.

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