imperfectible

American  

[im-per-fek-tuh-buhl] / ˌɪm pərˈfɛk tə bəl /

adjective

1. that cannot be perfected.

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Other Word Forms

• imperfectibility noun

Etymology

Origin of imperfectible

First recorded in 1865–70; im- ² + perfectible

Example Sentences

If you begin collecting living things, you are pursuing something imperfectible, and even if you manage to find them and then possess them, there is no guarantee they won’t die or change.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 15, 1995

Like any art," he says, "acting is imperfectible.

From Time Magazine Archive

To this, Hulme opposed the doctrine of original sin and the idea that man's nature is fixed, constant and imperfectible.

From Time Magazine Archive