imperfect
adjective
relating to or characterized by defects or weaknesses.
imperfectness
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a word derived from
imperfect.
Example Sentences
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That America is not merely feared but also respected is, he argues, proof that it has done something right even in its imperfectness.
From New York Times ● Nov. 12, 2020
They are all weird and imperfect and amazing in their weird imperfectness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2020
It’s a description of a struggle, my struggle, and it is everyday life, misunderstandings and failings and the whole world of imperfectness.
From Reuters ● Sep. 11, 2014
It may be we have failed to love, it may be we lost ourselves some of us in hatred, but that only shows our weakness and imperfectness.
From Freedom Through Disobedience by C. R. (Chittaranjan) Das
Just so, but I had overlooked one thing, and that was the imperfectness of human nature—the possibility—the probability—nay, the almost certainty, that the patriarch will pass into the tyrant.
From The Quadroon Adventures in the Far West by Mayne Reid
