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

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

From BBC

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

From Los Angeles Times

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

From BBC

Really loving someone means appreciating their idiosyncrasies, like “their little 11 line or a little crooked tooth — these little imperfections that become so beautiful to you.”

From Los Angeles Times

To get a sense of the imperfections woven through both the prosecution and the defence arguments, it's worth looking at one of those cases in which the guilty verdict was unanimous: that of Baby O.

From BBC

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