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im·per·fect adj: not perfect or complete: asa: not enforceable: enforceable only under certain conditionsan imperfect obligationb: lacking an element otherwise required by law compare perfect
Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam-Webster. 1996.
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adjective
abortive, average, bad, below par, blemished, broken, corrupt, crippled, crude, damaged, decrepit, defective, deficient, deteriorated, disfigured, failing, fair, faulty, feeble, flawed, fragmentary, frail, garbled, harmed, hurt, impaired, imperfectus, inadequate, incomplete, indifferent, inelegant, inexact, inferior, infirm, injured, insufficient, lacking, lame, limited, marred, mediocre, middling, moderate, mutilated, ordinary, out of order, partial, passable, peccable, poor, raw, rickety, rough, ruined, scanty, short, tainted, tolerable, uncompleted, uncultured, undeveloped, unfinished, unpolished, unsatisfactory, unsound, unsuitable, wanting, warped, weak
associated concepts: imperfect description, imperfect grant, imperfect performance, imperfect title
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bad (inferior), blemished, defective, deficient, dilapidated, errant, fallible, faulty, inchoate, incorrect, inexact, inferior (lower in quality), insufficient, marred, partial (relating to a part), peccable, perfunctory, poor (inferior in quality), unsatisfactory, unsound (not strong), vicious
Burton's Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006
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Imperfect — Im*per fect, a. [L. imperfectus: pref. im not + perfectus perfect: cf. F imparfait, whence OE. imparfit. See {Perfect}.] 1. Not perfect; not complete in all its parts; wanting a part; deective; deficient. [1913 Webster] Something he left… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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Imperfect — Im*per fect ([i^]m*p[ e]r f[e^]kt), n. (Gram.) The imperfect tense; or the form of a verb denoting the imperfect tense. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
imperfect — [im pʉr′fikt] adj. [ME inperfit < OFr imparfit < L imperfectus: see IN 2 & PERFECT] 1. not finished or complete; lacking in something 2. not perfect; having a defect, fault, or error 3. Gram. in certain inflected languages, designating or… … English World dictionary
Imperfect — Im*per fect, v. t. To make imperfect. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
imperfect us — index defective, executory, imperfect Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
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imperfect — (adj.) mid 14c., imperfite, from O.Fr. imparfait, from L. imperfectus unfinished, incomplete, from assimilated form of in not, opposite of (see IN (Cf. in ) (1)) + perfectus (see PERFECT (Cf. perfect)). Replaced mid 16c. by the Latin form.… … Etymology dictionary
imperfect — [adj] flawed amiss, below par, bottom of barrel*, broken, damaged, defective, deficient, disfigured, dud*, faulty, few bugs*, garbage*, immature, impaired, incomplete, inexact, injured, junk*, lemon*, limited, low, marred, minus, partial, patchy … New thesaurus