imperfect

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Synonyms: perfect, unperfect, imperfecto, imperfects, imperfecta

Antonyms: perfect, unperfect, imperfecto, imperfects, imperfecta

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Adjective

1. Not [[perfect]].
2. {{lb|en|botany}} {{cap|unisexual}}: having either male (with [[stamen]]s) or female (with [[pistil]]) flowers, but not with both.
3. {{lb|en|taxonomy}} Known or expected to be [[polyphyletic]], as of a [[form taxon]].
4. {{senseid|en|grammar}} {{lb|en|grammar|of a tense or verb form}} Representing a continuing or repeated action.
5. {{lb|en|obsolete}} Lacking some elementary organ that is essential to successful or normal activity.

Noun

1. Something having a [[minor]] [[flaw]].
2. {{lb|en|grammar}} A [[tense]] of [[verbs]] used in [[describing]] a [[past]] [[action]] that is [[incomplete]] or [[continuous]].

Verb

1. {{lb|en|transitive}} to make imperfect

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