imperfect
adjective
[ ɪmˈpəːfɪkt ]
• not perfect; faulty or incomplete.
• "an imperfect grasp of English"
Similar:
faulty,
flawed,
defective,
shoddy,
unsound,
unsaleable,
unsellable,
unfit,
inferior,
second-rate,
below par,
below standard,
substandard,
damaged,
impaired,
blemished,
broken,
cracked,
torn,
scratched,
deformed,
warped,
shabby,
inoperative,
malfunctioning,
not functioning,
not working,
out of order,
in a state of disrepair,
not up to snuff,
not up to scratch,
tenth-rate,
crummy,
lousy,
duff,
ropy,
rubbish,
not much cop,
incomplete,
abridged,
not whole,
not entire,
partial,
unfinished,
half-done,
deficient,
lacking,
wanting,
unpolished,
unrefined,
patchy,
rough,
crude,
disjointed,
faltering,
halting,
hesitant,
rudimentary,
limited,
non-fluent,
• (of a tense) denoting a past action in progress but not completed at the time in question.
• (of a cadence) ending on the dominant chord.
• (of a gift, title, etc.) transferred without all the necessary conditions or requirements being met.
imperfect
noun
• the imperfect tense.
Origin:
Middle English imparfit, imperfet, from Old French imparfait, from Latin imperfectus, from in- ‘not’ + perfectus (see perfect). The spelling change in the 16th century was due to association with the Latin form.
