imperfection
noun
an imperfect detail; flaw.
imperfections
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pluralof imperfection.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Rather than treating wrinkles only as imperfections, researchers may be able to use them as functional features whose geometry helps determine how electricity behaves.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 17, 2026
In an age of AI-generated images and machine-manufactured products, it may be those imperfections that keep some of Britain's oldest skills alive.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
Or it could be worry that comes from helping the children understand a plan designed to protect them from their weaknesses requires a discussion of those imperfections.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026
He changed it by creating a textured surface with color variations and what might be viewed as imperfections, and by layering three flags, in diminishing sizes, atop one another, that advance—or recede.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 20, 2026
With all its imperfections, modern science is a technique that is sufficiently well tuned to nature so that it works—it is a practice that allows us to learn reliable things about the world.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
