imperfection

[ im-per-fek-shuhn ]
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noun
  1. an imperfect detail; flaw: a law full of imperfections.

  2. the quality or condition of being imperfect.

Origin of imperfection

1
1350–1400; Middle English imperfeccio(u)n<Late Latin imperfectiōn- (stem of imperfectiō) incompleteness. See im-2, perfection

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British Dictionary definitions for imperfection

imperfection

/ (ˌɪmpəˈfɛkʃən) /


noun
  1. the condition or quality of being imperfect

  2. a fault or defect

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