imperfect competition

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economics the market situation that exists when one or more of the necessary conditions for perfect competition do not hold

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Words nearby imperfect competition

imperception, imperceptive, impercipient, imperf., imperfect, imperfect competition, imperfect flower, imperfect fungus, imperfectible, imperfection, imperfective

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How to use imperfect competition in a sentence

“Competition is there, of course, but I think there is enough business for everyone as long as the demand is there,” he says.
Ghost Ships of the Mediterranean|Barbie Latza Nadeau|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
I am fighting that quota because I am an advocate of competition.
Propaganda, Protest, and Poisonous Vipers: The Cinema War in Korea|Rich Goldstein|December 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
When companies faced competition, Klein knew, consumers would have options.
Your Local School Doesn’t Have to Suck|Michael S. Roth|December 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Who knew that a competition where you clutch the hand of another man and lock eyes across a table could be this damn gay.
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Fedaa was an artist from the start, winning first place in a competition when she was six years old.
Drawing on the Memories of Syrian Women|Masha Hamilton|November 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Where these overtones are interfered with by any imperfection in the instrument the result is a harsh or imperfect sound.
Expressive Voice Culture|Jessie Eldridge Southwick
We suffer, nearly all of us, from a lack of quantitative grasp and from an imperfect grasp of form.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation|H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
Berlin was equally cut off from competition, for Berlin had to devote herself to the task of financing war for Germany.
Readings in Money and Banking|Chester Arthur Phillips
A coquette is said to be an imperfect incarnation of Cupid, as she keeps her beau, and not her arrows, in a quiver.
The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun;|Various
All prices, provided that competition is free, are made to appear as the necessary result of natural forces.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice|Stephen Leacock