What does imperfection mean?
Definitions for imperfection
ˌɪm pərˈfɛk ʃənim·per·fec·tion
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Princeton's WordNet
imperfection, imperfectnessnoun
the state or an instance of being imperfect
Wiktionary
imperfectionnoun
Those qualities or features that are imperfect; the characteristic, state, or quality of being imperfect.
You can accept your imperfection or try to improve.
imperfectionnoun
Something that makes something else less than perfect; a blemish, impurity, error, etc.
He loves me despite my imperfections.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Imperfectionnoun
Defect; failure; fault, whether physical or moral; whether of persons or things.
Etymology: imperfection, Fr. from imperfect.
Laws, as all other things human, are many times full of imperfection; and that which is supposed behoveful unto men, proveth oftentimes most pernicious. Richard Hooker.
The duke had taken to wife Anne Stanhope, a woman for many imperfections intolerable; but for pride monstrous. John Hayward.
Imperfections would not be half so much taken notice of, if vanity did not make proclamation of them. Roger L'Estrange.
The world is more apt to censure than applaud, and himself fuller of imperfections than virtues. Joseph Addison, Spectator.
These are rather to be imputed to the simplicity of the age than to any imperfection in that divine poet. Addison.
ChatGPT
imperfection
Imperfection refers to a flaw, blemish, fault, or deficiency. It is the state or condition of being less than perfect due to certain undesirable attributes or shortcomings. In its broadest sense, imperfection can apply to individuals, objects, systems, or conditions.
Webster Dictionary
Imperfectionadjective
the quality or condition of being imperfect; want of perfection; incompleteness; deficiency; fault or blemish
Wikidata
Imperfection
"Imperfection" is the 148th episode of Star Trek: Voyager, the second episode of the seventh season.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of imperfection in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of imperfection in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of imperfection in a Sentence
Lois McMaster Bujold, Mirror Dance, 1994, p. 287:
Since no one is perfect, it follows that all great deeds have been accomplished out of imperfection. Yet they were accomplished, somehow, all the same.
Bold women feel free to stay away from what is expected, with this collection, I wanted to show that side of a woman that isn't afraid to step outside of her comfort zone because she knows that imperfection is the new perfection.
In the case of Jefferson Davis, we must tell America the truth about the complicated man who carried with Jefferson Davis the dreams of Southern independence, jefferson Davis life was the reflection of the simplicity and perseverance of a proud people ; men and women who endured the horror of defeat and its equally hellish aftermath ; men and women who through their Christian prism understood the fall of man and the imperfection of human institutions -- that not all of man's noble experiments succeed.
It was all based on imperfection ... I tried to build something, not a character type, more like a human, and we are all imperfections so my aim was just that: build something (that's) not finished.
To accomplish the perfect perfection, a little imperfection helps.
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- نقصArabic
- imperfeccióCatalan, Valencian
- nedokonalostCzech
- ufuldkommenhedDanish
- UnvollkommenheitGerman
- ατέλεια, ψεγάδιGreek
- neperfektecoEsperanto
- imperfecciónSpanish
- puutteellisuus, vika, puute, epätäydellisyysFinnish
- imperfectionFrench
- neamhfhoirfeachtIrish
- imperfecciónGalician
- अपूर्णताHindi
- tokéletlenségHungarian
- ketidaksempurnaanIndonesian
- imperfezioneItalian
- פְּגָםHebrew
- 不完全Japanese
- imperfectumLatin
- onvolmaaktheidDutch
- ufullkommenhetNorwegian
- imperfeccionOccitan
- niedoskonałośćPolish
- imperfeiçãoPortuguese
- imperfecțiuneRomanian
- несовершенствоRussian
- ofullkomlighetSwedish
- mükemmellik, kusur, eksiklik, defo, kusursuzluk, mükemmeliyetTurkish
- 缺陷Chinese
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