| IMPERFECT | • imperfect adj. Not perfect. • imperfect adj. (Botany) unisexual: having either male (with stamens) or female (with pistil) flowers, but not with both. • imperfect adj. (Taxonomy) known or expected to be polyphyletic, as of a form taxon. |
| IMPERFECTS | • imperfects n. Plural of imperfect. • imperfects v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of imperfect. • IMPERFECT n. a verb tense expressing ongoing action in the past. |
| IMPERFECTER | • IMPERFECT adj. not perfect, also UNPERFECT. |
| IMPERFECTLY | • imperfectly adv. In an imperfect manner or degree; not fully or completely. • IMPERFECT adv. not perfect, also UNPERFECT. |
| IMPERFECTEST | • imperfectest adj. Superlative form of imperfect: most imperfect. • IMPERFECT adj. not perfect, also UNPERFECT. |
| IMPERFECTION | • imperfection n. (Uncountable) Those qualities or features that are imperfect; the characteristic, state, or quality… • imperfection n. (Countable) Something that makes something else less than perfect; a blemish, impurity, error, etc. • IMPERFECTION n. the state of being imperfect. |
| IMPERFECTIVE | • imperfective adj. Of, relating to or having the properties of the imperfective aspect. • imperfective n. The imperfective aspect; a verb having this aspect. • IMPERFECTIVE adj. expressing action as incomplete or without reference to completion or as reiterated. |
| IMPERFECTIBLE | • imperfectible adj. Incapable of being made perfect. • IMPERFECTIBLE adj. not capable of being perfected. |
| IMPERFECTIONS | • imperfections n. Plural of imperfection. • IMPERFECTION n. the state of being imperfect. |
| IMPERFECTIVES | • imperfectives n. Plural of imperfective. • IMPERFECTIVE n. a tense expressing incomplete action. |
| IMPERFECTNESS | • imperfectness n. The state of being imperfect. • IMPERFECTNESS n. the state of being imperfect. |
| IMPERFECTIVELY | • imperfectively adv. (Grammar) In an imperfective manner or context. • IMPERFECTIVE adv. expressing action as incomplete or without reference to completion or as reiterated. |
| IMPERFECTNESSES | • imperfectnesses n. Plural of imperfectness. • IMPERFECTNESS n. the state of being imperfect. |